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.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

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

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.