The individual leads in order that those who are led can develop their potential as human beings and thereby prosper.

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth

There is a doctrine whispered in secret that a man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door and run away; this is a great mystery which I do not quite understand.

Athletics have become professionalized.

I am quite ready to acknowledge . . . that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded that I am going to other gods who are wise and good (of this I am as certain as I can be of any such matters), and to men departed who are better than those whom I leave behind. And therefore I do not grieve as I might have done, for I have good hope that there is yet something remaining for the dead.

We are what we think we are