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.

The property of power is to protect.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

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

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.