Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

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.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.