Destiny is consciousness of oneself, but consciousness of oneself as an enemy.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.

What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.

I have the courage to be mistaken.

All education is the art of making men ethical (sittlich), of transforming the old Adam into the new Adam.

To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them.

Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that mankind enjoyed.

He shed a lake of blood and murdered a king for a cold, lonely throne.

The speaker instructs his audience to cheer wildly at the word tomorrow -- then forgot. When he used the word building toward the climax of his presentation, he was so started he fell off the stage.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

I definitely want to work with people who are artists and who are interested in being their best version of themselves.

Being an English major prepares you for impersonating authority.

Politics should be, you know, as exciting as literature, as exciting film.

A man that is afraid is never a man.

Resisted temptations become lost opportunities.

I'm miserable: that's why I have such a bad back, because I'm endlessly stressing out about my career.

Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology.