“The full use of your powers along lines of excellence.”

“The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.”

“Do not pray for easy times, pray to be stronger. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers, pray for powers equal to your tasks.”

“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”

“The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable.”

“When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”

“We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.”