The Political Machine Triumphs Because It Is

Power Dements Even More Than It Corrupts, Lowering The Guard Of Foresight And Raising The Haste Of Action.

We Have Conferred A Mystic Popularity Upon Officials Whose Only Virtue Is Their Timidity; While Our Scorn Of Rebels And Reformers Is So Great That We Have Ceased To Persecute Them. The Capitals And Governments Of The World Are In The Hands Of Caution; And Change Comes Over Them Only In The Night, Unseen.

To Speak Ill Of Others Is A Dishonest Way Of Praising Ourselves; Let Us Be Above Such Transparent Egotism. If You Can't Say Good And Encouraging Things, Say Nothing. Nothing Is Often A Good Thing To Do, And Always A Clever Thing To Say.

There Is No Real Philosophy Until The Mind Turns Around And Examines Itself.

The Only Real Revolution Is In The Enlightenment Of The Mind And The Improvement Of Character, The Only Real Emancipation Is Individual, And The Only Real Revolutionists Are Philosophers And Saints.