In order to exert influence over people, there were other things that could be used besides love. Knowledge seemed to be an equally strong force, per….

Instead of discussing with myself every morning whether I feel inspired or not, I step into my office every day at nine sharp, open the window and po….

Books are never harmless...they either strengthen us or they weaken us in our faith. Some of them do this even as they entertain us, others as they t….

Anything we do to fight misery and ignorance and poverty, no matter how imperfect it may be, is still better than doing nothing at all..

Even when we strive for perfection , life is nothing more than an attempt to achieve it through a series of greater or smaller imperfections..

The Encyclopedia - the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment..

One is bound to one's wife, but has a bond to one's mistress..

Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career..

Politics is a matter of leading other people. Admittedly not where they want to go, but where they ought to go..