To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

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

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

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.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

No strength within, no respect without.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.