It is a hard matter my fellow citizens to argue with the belly since it has no ears.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

The sea, the sea…Man alone, Passive, unawareIn his elemental sadness.

The entire perks that I need are to let me do my job with full honesty to my conscience.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

Adolescence is the period of the decisive last battle fought before maturity. The ego must achieve independence, the old emotional ties must be cast off, the new ones created.

I get dumber as the day goes along. Every second of the day that goes along, I get stupider.

In the months that follow you bend to the work, because it feels like hope, like grace--and because you know in your lying cheater's heart that sometimes a start is all we ever get.

It would be desirable if every Government, when it comes to power, should have its old speeches burnt.

It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions.

The more spiritually aware we are, the more harmonious and fulfilling are our lives.

Let's face it, writing is hell.