Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.

Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing.