Do you not see that woman over there with her six-month-old child? Her husband has been on an extended voyage to another island for two years.” Is it more likely that the Melanesians were ignorant...

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.

Within you is the power of unlimited creation.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.

A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

Quem cria o poder de outrem se arruína, porque tal poder se origina da astúcia ou da força, e ambas são suspeitas a quem se tornou poderoso.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.