The less you know, the more you believe.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we're peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace.

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.