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Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

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For the young, there is nothing unattainable; a good thing desired with the whole force of a passionate will, and yet impossible, is to them not credi...more

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Physics is mathematical not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little; it is only its mathematical properties th...more

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When a child reaches adolescence, there is very apt to be a conflict between parents and child, since the latter considers himself to be by now quite ...more

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Religious toleration, to a certain extent, has been won, because people have ceased to consider religion so important as it was once thought to be. Bu...more

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The skill of the politician consists in guessing what people can be brought to think advantageous to themselves; the skill of the experts consists in ...more

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The world is full of injustice, and those who profit by injustice are in a position to administer rewards and punishments. The rewards go to those who...more

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...It is necessary for the average citizen, if he wishes to make a living, to avoid incurring the hostility of certain big men. And these big men have...more

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The special skill of the politician consists in knowing what passions can be most easily aroused, and how to prevent them, when aroused, from being ha...more