"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

"Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd."

"Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that the melody of life is composed of both highs and lows."

"It is a subtle truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect."

"One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered."

"I don't envy or much respect people who are completely politicised."

"Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them."