Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

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.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Remember when feminisit movements were something men gathered on street corners to admire as the girls strolled by

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country