Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

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.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

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

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.