Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

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.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

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.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.