In the stream - mighty waters draw much stone and rubble along with them; mighty spirits many stupid and bewildered heads.

Now I think, speaking roughly, by leadership we mean the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it, not because your position of power can compel him to do it, or your position of authority.

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.

Mahomet was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender [sic]; a great captain, eloquent, a great man of state, he revived his fatherland and created a new people and a new power in the middle of Arabia.

People of great power wield great power, but people of lesser power or people who have fallen out of power go to jail without adequate evidence, or their bodies are found in the trunks of cars.

But on the whole it is wise in human affairs, and in the government of men, to separate pomp from power.