It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them.

In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age.

The word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order.' Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.

The events which can not be prevented, must be directed.

When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold.

Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge.

I came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing.

Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.

The obvious is always least understood.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

Stability is not immobility.

I have a wide circle of friends, wide enough to keep them away from me.

If we don’t make our own future, it will be made for us.

Always bet on the underdog. They've got ambition and nothing to lose.

I love all motor sports at the top level.

I have a nightmare about Tony [Blair] and Gordon [Brown] killing each other. Not every month, but now and then. I also have a recurring dream about losing.

Life's one great lesson was: Do not care. Not caring was a person's real protection.

Great men should not have great faults.

Living movements do not come out of committees.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Crystals amplify the consciousness.