When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

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.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

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.

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.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.