Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

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

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

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.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Life is different than teacher, A Teacher teaches lesson, then keeps the exam. But the life keeps the exam first, then teaches the lesson,

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty