When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.