Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.

Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.

To come under siege was the inevitable fate of power.

There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh.

When strangers meet, great allowance should be made for differences of custom and training.

Life is a mask through which the universe expresses itself.

The real universe is always one step beyond logic.