Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.

To educate is to give man the keys to the world, which are independence and love, and to give him strength to journey on his own, light of step, a spontaneous and free being.

People can only be free if they are truly educated.

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.

Everything that divides men, everything that separates or herds men together in categories, is a sin against humanity.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

To change masters is not to be free.

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.

In a time of crisis, the peoples of the world must rush to get to know each other.

Amor cuerdo, no es amor. (Sane love, is not love)

What if nobody showed up at Armageddon?

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

I think a blog to live really has to be probably four or five times a day.

All you are is a bag of particles acting out the laws of physics. That to me is pretty clear.

Taking a new step. . .is what people fear most.

Adults under threat feel like children.

Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious than the absolutely correct one.

Wine, not too much, inspires and make the mind,to the soft joys of Venus strong inclined,which, buried in excess, unapt to love,stupidly lies and knows not hom to move

I want my ex-wife and children to be happy.

Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.