Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

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

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.