I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.