The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and utility-can only be rightly shaped by wisdom, which is by no means a universal property.
Henri Frederic AmielEverything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.
Henri Frederic AmielThere is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody elseยนs as wrong, and providing a proper degree of paranoia. Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.
Henri Frederic Amiel