Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

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.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

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

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

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

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.