“One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.”

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

The only victory over love is flight.

I start out by believing the worst

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything.

Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.

You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.

The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.

Ideas come from everything.

I believe in myself. There’s nothing wrong with believing in myself. That’s the whole idea, is that you can always become better.

The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.