To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.