Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.