Trust exists; only lies are invented.

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

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

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

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.