Terrible is the situation of a small country that stands alone.

Such is the psychology of crowds that the majority will follow whoever appeared to be in power...

Artificially to incite hatred is not only supererogatory in politics and foreign relations, it is also positively harmful.

...for a man is a Herdentier - an animal that always follows the herd, a gregarious animal - and quickly follow's its neighbour example.

The amount of value produced at a certain period depends on the level of focus used to attain it

You're baking?""Yes.""It's almost midnight.""I specialize in late-night kitchen disasters.

The relationship between a perfect cup of coffee and a writer is just like the couple who always standby and feel proud of being committed to each other.

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.

I really started to get into reading the Bible and I started to look for a church to go to. Every Sunday I was going to like three or four churches, I was just looking for the right church.

I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

Unless comedy touches me as well as amuses me, it leaves me with a sense of having wasted my evening. I go to the theatre to be moved to laughter, not to be tickled or bustled into it.

We battle on in words, as always, mere words, and what's the cure? We cannot find a thing.

I've argued with the senators and congressmen I've talked to. You don't want to be too little too late. If you buy them at the right price, you may be buying two trillion of face value.