Power corrupts

Power corrupts
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
  

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Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.
To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.
It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.
Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.
The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.
Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.
Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.