He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

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

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

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.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.