One of the strengths, and weaknesses, of liberal democratic societies is giving the benefit of the doubt even to one's enemies

Somehow, people always forget that it's much easier to install a dictator than to remove one

Dictators seem to learn from history much better than democrats

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, compromises on principles are the street lights

Kindness can be short, sweet, transient, and random, but its effects echo forever.

Start to exercise a firm control over what influences your experiences before situations control you.

The entire population of the universe with one trifling exception is composed of others.

Happiness is self-connectedness.

It is easier to pretend to be what you are not than to hide what you really are; but he that can accomplish both has little to learn in hypocrisy.

...don't create snakes out of ropes. You have enough to worry about.

I do not mistrust the future; I do not fear what is ahead. For our problems are large, but our heart is larger.

Be judicious with your budget and buy things that are going to last.

We come late, if at all, to wine and philosophy: whiskey and action are easier.

Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels.... Such is the real nature of horses.