When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

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.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.