“We must take care not to admit as true anything, which is only probable. For when one falsity has been let in, infinite others follow.”

“Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.”

“No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.”

“The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.”

“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”

“The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing.”

“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.”