All men would be tyrants if they could.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

It is never too late to be wise.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.

Since your life evaporates quickly, it is wisdom to learn how to number your days. Not just to number your days but to make each passing day productive.

The beauty of traveling solo is that you wonder unexpectedly, but almost certainly into the direction you were meant to go.

When our objectives become purely military, we've already lost the larger fight.

Excuse my absolute freedom. I refuse to make a distinction between any of the moments of myself.

I get that some people just want to do work and keep their lives private. I think for me, it just felt like I needed to be open about who I am. It just felt like the right thing for me to do.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

The activities of the liberated soul transcend the pairs of opposites.

Life begins as a quest of the child for the man, and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover the child.

At the end of your life, you are going to want to know that you made some kind of difference.

The eye sees more than the heart knows.