Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

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.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

The comforter's head never aches.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing