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.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.