Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

What you are is what you have been. What you will be is what you do now.

The purpose of Propaganda is to make one set of people forget that other sets of people are human.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over ashes.

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

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the door.

I had long since taught myself to follow the inner voice. I delighted in submitting to it. To act against it would be difficult and painful to me.