Only few men think, but all have opinions.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

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.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.