Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

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.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.