Expect people to be who they are, not who you want them to be.

A tyrant is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

(via Vagabox Burn)

I am tired of fighting, our chiefs are killed…it is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death…hear me, my chiefs, I am tired: my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands…I will fight no more forever…

before his tribe was slaughtered
(via Vagabox Burn)

The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, ‘Go!’ – a leader says, ‘Let’s go!’