No one lies as much as the indignant do.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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.

God has created the world in play.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.