"On Living with Dignity in China"
No Enemies, No Hate: Selected Essays and Poems
Context: Admittedly, righteousness is weak unless it is backed by power, but power devoid of righteousness is evil. If most people cast their lot with the latter, then evil will prey forever upon humankind, as wolves and tigers prey upon lambs.
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George Gordon Byron 227
English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement 1788–1824Related quotes
“Even the wolves cease their depredations, when they have secured all the prey.”
Si fermano anche i lupi quando hanno afferrato la preda.
La Scommessa, Act I., Sc. I. — (Il Marchese.). Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 417.

Interview with A Man Among Wolves: Shaun Ellis http://incubator.nationalgeographic.com/inside_ngc/2007/04/interview-with-a-man-among-wolves-shaun-ellis.html, Inside NGS, (2007)

“The nearest way to God
Leads through love's open door;
The path of knowledge is
Too slow for evermore”
The Cherubinic Wanderer

Source: The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work

“Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves.”
Inauguration homily, April 24, 2005
2005