Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them -- this is of the essence of leadership.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

Opinions are made to be changed - or how is the truth to be got at.

In the desert a fountain is springing,<br> In the wide waste there still is a tree,<br> And a bird in the solitude singing,<br> Which speaks to my spirit of thee.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child.

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.

There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good life is to live.

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

The road to success leads through the valley of humility, and the path is up the ladder of patience and across the wide barren plains of perseverance. As yet, no short cut has ever been discovered.