“Our cure for pain is the very root of it: Revenge.”

“You must become your enemy to truly understand him.”

“The men history declares heroes are merely heroes because they failed to survive their benevolent acts.”

“Power is like a house of cards. Leave it alone and it will stand forever. But if you try to build it higher and higher, sooner or later it is bound to collapse.”

“Knowledge is power. The moment the masses acquire this power, control fades. And when control fades, chaos erupts.”

“Life is like riding a ship into the storm. For every wave you take up, you have to drop just as deep.”

“Trends of the times be damned.”

“It's courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.”

“I finally understood that what we put into the world, into the universe, often has a way of coming right back to us.”

“To get something different, you must do something different.”

“You have two voices: the one you speak with and the one you think with. While the former is the one others hear, of greater importance is the one you hear.”

“Never underestimate the power of thought.”

“The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.”

“Look in the mirror and see the President in you.”