Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Ability is poor men's wealth

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

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.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.