No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

Human psychology is the most mysterious thing in the world.

If life were a highway, I would still look for the footpath, for walking that, I would learn about us, enjoying the extra time to do so.

One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture

It was a quiet taunt...a poisoned glass of wine, meant to intoxicate and exsanguinate.

The woman who can create her own job is the one who will win fame and fortune.

We will save our sovereign rights as a nation.

They tryna shoot down my flight before it lands

I feel like if writers used writing as therapy we'd have a ton of happy writers.

Of course we can talk about the radical potential of youth. But in the U.S. it is still the case that most youth are conservative and not very sympathetic to the working class.