And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins, when all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins.

If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.

If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do, they will do nothing.

Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice.

A people always ends by resembling its shadow.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.