Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

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.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?