"Where can I find a man governed..." - Quote by Khalil Gibran

“He who does not seek advice is a fool. His folly blinds him to Truth and makes him evil, stubborn, and a danger to his fellow man.”

“They tell me: If you see a slave sleeping, do not wake him lest he be dreaming of freedom. I tell them: If you see a slave sleeping, wake him and explain to him freedom.”

“For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.”

“Freedom in the practical sense is the independence of the power of choice from necessitation by impulses of sensibility”

“In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots to rights, either in fact or principle. They are determined as to the facts they will believe, and the opinions on which they will act. Get by them, therefore, as you would by an angry bull; it is not for a man of sense to dispute the road with such an animal.”

“Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.”

“The less passion there is, the better we work. The calmer we are the better for us and the more the amount of work we can do.”

“When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.”

“Do not allow your anger to control your reason, but rather your reason to control your anger.”