"True authority is measured not by subjugation, but by the empowerment of others."

"It is a timeless truth that an hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"It is a enduring truth that a leader does not command the wind, but sets the sails and steadies the crew."

"The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."

"Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar."

"The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales."

"However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention."