How wonderful it is, to be silent with someone.

Each economy relies on the credit system, that is, on the erroneous assumption that the other will pay back money pumped.

The advantage of wisdom is that you can play dumb. The opposite is more difficult.

A country is not only what it does but what it tolerates.

Nothing is more difficult and nothing requires more character than to find oneself in open opposition to ones time (and those one loves) and to say loudly: No!

Germany is an anatomical oddity: it writes with its left hand and acts with its right.

Language is a weapon, keep it honed!