Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They