We princes are set as it were upon stages in the sight and view of the world.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

You cant have a plan for your day, til you have a plan for your life.