It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

Be that self which one truly is.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

Freedom lies in being bold.

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

A lie never lives to be old.

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.

Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.