It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. – Aung San Suu Kyi
Beneath fear, a bit of poetry always escapes. Sometimes, a ready soul picks it up and finds a way to transform it into beautiful verses of courage. – Terri Guillemets, “Abandoned treasure,” 2016
The things I was allowed to experience, the people I was able to call friends, teammates, mentors, coaches and opponents, the travel, all of it, are far more than anything I ever thought possible in my lifetime. – Curt Schilling
Thus, in accordance with the spirit of the Historical School, knowledge of the principles of the human world falls within that world itself, and the human sciences form an independent system. – Wilhelm Dilthey