You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.