Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

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.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.