Beaurocracy destroys initiative.

And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.

Face your fears or they will climb over your back.

If you focus your awareness only upon your own rightness, then you invite the forces of opposition to overwhelm you.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations.

My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be.