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.

People say law but they mean wealth.

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

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.