The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

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

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.