"The test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"Stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"It is a quiet truth that the richness of existence is found in simple harmonies, not superfluous splendors."

"Every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"In a progressive country change is constant change is inevitable."

"The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart."

"Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever."

"Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain."