Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

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

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.