A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

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.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

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

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.