"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that shadows are only cast by the presence of light."

"Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers."

"The paradox of freedom is that the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."

"To dream is to realize that hope is the anchor of a weary soul."

"It is a steadfast truth that a leader does not command the wind, but sets the sails and steadies the crew — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."

"Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues."

"Stupid people are ruining America."