To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice. It is never a question of who is right but what is right.
And where the deepest current crawls/ Like thistledown the dainty fly falls./ Then from the depths a silver gleam/ Quick flashes, like a jewel bright./ Up through the waters of the stream/ An instant visible to sight/ As lightning cleaves to sombre sky/ A rainbow rises to the fly.
Leadership is only courage and wisdom, and a great carefulness of self.
Civilisation is a conspiracy.
A fool tries to look different: a clever man looks the same and is different.
He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.