I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

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.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.