Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

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

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.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist