Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

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.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

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

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.