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Power is not alluring to pure minds
Power is not alluring to pure minds
Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.
Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.
Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
An optimist is the human personification of spring.
An optimist is the human personification of spring.
He is most powerful who has power over himself
He is most powerful who has power over himself
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough read more
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.
Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann read more
Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten.]
