Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

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.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

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

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Ho puri dil ki har khwaish teri, Ho khushiyon bhara jahaan tera, Agar tu maange aasmaan ka ek taara, To khuda de-de tumko aasmaan saara.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.