Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty. 

In what way can a man believing in God cease believing due to his personal vanity? There are only two ways. The man should either begin to think himself a rival of God, or he may begin to believe himself to be God.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

Whenever there is coercion it is better to vanish things. And if you're stronger than you should help the weaker ones.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and the causes and prevention of disease.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.