The old is dying and the new cannot be born. In this interregnum there arises a great diversity of morbid symptoms.

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters

What comes to pass does so not so much because a few people want it to happen, as because the mass of citizens abdicate their responsibility and let things be.

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.

To tell the truth is revolutionary.

Indifference is the dead weight of history.

Every State is a dictatorship.

Man is above all else mind, consciousness -- that is, he is a product of history, not of nature.

All men are intellectuals, but not all men have in society the function of intellectuals.

Before puberty the child's personality has not yet formed and it is easier to guide its life and make it acquire specific habits of order, discipline, and work.

Don't ever trust men with good intentions. They'll always disappoint you."Leo

My tears simply broke through the fragile wallthat had held them, and with a terrible feeling of shame, I laid my head upon the table and let them drain out of me.

Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.

A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.

Vulnerability is huge. I love to see that in characters. It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always done.

A final word of advice: don't gloat about how well you have done.

Learning to create is essential, necessary, vital & fundamental. It is the centrepiece in which you create the life that you really want

Dare to be what you ought to be, dare to be what you dream to be, dare to be the finest you can be. The more you dare, the surer you will be of gaining just what you dare!

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God.

Take a chance - it's the best way to test yourself, have fund and push boundaries.