... Societies aren't made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or another, determine the direction of the whole.
-Plato
Swami Sadashiva Brahmendra Sar (Nil) 28 December 2009
Yadyadyaacharte shreshthastadtadevetaro janah,
sa yat pramaanam kurute, lokastadanuvartate. - Bhagavadgeeta
(Meaning: Other people do as a great person behaves. The world fallows the norm stablished by him.)