Impatience for victory guarantees defeat

I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]

One king, one law, one faith.

It is legal because I wish it.

In every treaty, insert a clause which can easily be violated, so that the entire agreement can be broken in case the interests of the State make it expedient to do so.

Only small minds want always to be right.

The years go by one after the other; time slips past us with out our being aware of it; we grow old like ordinary men and we shall end like them.

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

Has God forgotten everything I've done for him ?

First feelings are always the most natural.

If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?

Most artists have retired too absolutely; they grow rusty, inflexible to the flow of currents.

Purity means lack of hatred, jealousy, fear, greed and lust - the absence of anything that can stain consciousness.

We constantly learn new lessons up here. The experiences we gather will enable us to establish a long-term station on the moon and to go on to Mars.

I usually get up between 5:30 and 6. The good news in Bentonville, Arkansas, is I can be in the office seven minutes later. I like to get in, work on e-mails and catch up.

Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

Happiness is something you get from yourself. If you're completely satisfied with yourself, nobody can take it away from you.

Without a shadow of doubt, Trafalgar Square has to be one of the most crap urban public spaces in the world.

TV is part of your life - it makes you feel connected to the rest of the world - as opposed to someone else's perspective crushed into a few hours.