That path leads ever down into stagnation.

When you think to take determination of your fate into your own hands, that is the moment you can be crushed. Be cautious.

I now believe that evolution, or deevolution, never ends short of death, that no society has ever achieved an absolute pinnacle, that all humans are not created equal. In fact, I believe attempts to create some abstract equalization create a morass of injustices that rebound on the equalizers. Equal justice and equal opportunity are ideals we should seek, but we should recognize that humans administer the ideals and that humans do not have equal ability.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Thinking you know something is a sure way to blind yourself.