As leaders we are not only responsible for harvesting our own success, but for cultivating the success of the next generation.

I had made the religion of service my own, as I felt that God could be realized only through service.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow-beings.

The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.

Leaders must understand that some people will inevitably sell out to the evil side. Don't waste your time wondering why; spend your time discovering who.

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.

The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.

It's a rare gift, you know, to feel reverence for your own life and to want the best, the greatest, the highest possible, here, now, for your very own.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.