All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

I cry for those not yet dead.

The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.

I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once.

I give you the chameleon, whose ability to blend itself into the background tells you all you need to know about the roots of ecology and the foundations of a personal identity

A world is supported by four things: the learning of wise, the justice of great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.

Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount.