Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

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.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

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.