Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

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.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.