I am a man who belongs to nobody and who belongs to everybody.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

The cemeteries are full of indispensable men.

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

We come to see that not-knowing is perfectly valid, honorable,and authentic place to be, and not in need of transformation. It is a pure expression of transformation, in and of itself, exactly as it is.

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of man.

I have never voted in my life... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win.

The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit and freedom.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

All animals except man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

Chastity: the most unnatural of the sexual perversions.