I ask directions from one who has been there.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find a better man.

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

To change your mind and to follow him who sets you straight is to be nonetheless the free agent that you were before.

Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul.

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.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Either you will control your government, or government will control you.