"The paradox of freedom is that the journey is far more important than the destination."

"Serious sport is war minus the shooting."

"When purpose is clear, every obstacle transforms into a stepping stone. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning."

"For greed all nature is too little."

"It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial."

"The stoutest timber is forged in the fiercest gales, not in the sheltered grove. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"It is a essential truth that let thoughts come and go like clouds across an undisturbed autumn sky."