The nature of finite things is to have the seed of their passing-away as their essential being: the hour of their birth is the hour of their death.

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.

She'd always had a hankering for sitting quietly in dark, confined spaces.

My personal decorating style is cozy, romantic and a little rustic, with a sense of whimsy.

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

The key that unlocks energy is desire.

I expected higher prices for some books, but [there would be] flexibility for other books.

I love having a man in my life, and being his woman at the end of the day. I know it's a dichotomy.

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

Fraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature

I've nothing against kids reading anything they please, but I do have a problem with pink books for girls and black books for boys.

Religion does not belong to God; it belongs to the human reaction against mortality!