We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

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.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty