Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.
A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.
Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.
Sometimes - history needs a push.
I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.