"Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power."

Shaw, George Bernard | Power | 5 bookmarks

"Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows."

Unknown, Source | Knowledge | 2 bookmarks

"Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire."

El-Sadat, Anwar | Slavery | 1 bookmarks

"Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score."

Hull, Bobby | Anger | 2 bookmarks

"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim."

Santayana, George | Fanatics and Fanaticism | 2 bookmarks

"Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De | Absence | 9 bookmarks

"Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell."

Millay, Edna St. Vincent | Absence | 18 bookmarks

"How like a winter hath my absence been. From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen, What old December's bareness everywhere!"

Shakespeare, William | Absence | 9 bookmarks

"Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it."

Penn, William | Right and Rightness | 5 bookmarks

"A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners."

Chesterfield, Lord | Manners | 1 bookmarks