The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

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.