The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

To teach isto learn twice.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

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

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

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

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

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