There is no knowledge that is not power.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

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.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Neversay more than is necessary.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.