Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

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

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

The first duty of love is to listen.