Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

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

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

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.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.