Discord gives a relish to concord.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.