Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

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.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.