Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to… - John Steinbeck

Seems to me you put too much stock in the affairs of children. It probably didn’t mean
anything.”
“Yes, it meant something.” Then he said, “Mr. Trask, do you think the thoughts of
people suddenly become important at a given age? Do you have sharper feelings or clearer thoughts now than when you were ten? Do you see as well, hear as well, taste as vitally?”
“Maybe you’re right,” said Adam.
“It’s one of the great fallacies, it seems to me,” said Lee, “that time gives much of anything but years and sadness to a man.”
“And memory.”
“Yes, memory. Without that, time would be unarmed against us.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

People who are most afraid of their dreams convince themselves they don't dream at all.