Whatever fate sends us quickly becomes us, and we grow blind to what we might otherwise have been. And
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
When you're as hot as you are, no amount of ice will do.
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point...
Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its false expectations.
I raised you so high that every other man on earth is now doomed to live in your shadow.
Books are keys that open many doors.