All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.

The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door.

... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.

There has never been a truly selfless rebel, just hypocrites—conscious hypocrites or unconscious hypocrites, it’s all the same.

Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your own life.

If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken.

The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach.