One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

Moonlight is sculpture.

Effective action is always unjust.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.

I'll always be poor in my mind.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

Genius is sorrow's child.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

Nothing is black or white.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.