Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

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.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.