In exile, I have tried to profit by the past and prepare for the future.

Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.

The unspoken word never does harm.

I believe that the confidence of Hungary in me is not shaken by misfortune nor broken by my calumniators.

Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.

The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.

Humility is the part of wisdom, and is most becoming in men. But let no one discourage self-reliance; it is, of all the rest, the greatest quality of true manliness.

The policy of the house of Austria, which aimed at destroying the independence of Hungary as a state, has been pursued unaltered for three hundred years.

I am a man of peace, God knows how I love peace; but I hope I shall never be such a coward as to mistake oppression for peace.

Liberty is a principle; its community is its security; exclusiveness is its doom.

The era of Christianity peace, brotherhood, the Golden Rule as applied to governmental matters is. yet to come, and when it comes, then, and then only, will the future of nations be sure.

Rich is the man who sees value in every person, even if there is none to be found.

The only thing you have 100% control over is you.

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.

Mario, what do you get when you cross an insomniac, an unwilling agnostic and a dyslexic?

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Reason has to be strengthened by suffering, and suffering opens the eyes of understanding.

Only cool people care about the origin stories of why they like something, and I'm not cool.

Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need.

This would be a great world to dance in if we didn’t have to pay the fiddler.