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.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

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

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.