The point of modernity is to live a life without illusions while not becoming disillusioned

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

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.

Power is a delicate thing. The most powerful storms on earth intensify rapidly, but dissipate just as fast if not faster.

Life is made of peaks & troughs. If you don’t like going up and down then you must live your life standing in one spot.

You know you're having a bad week when you call 911, the paramedics come to your house, and one of them notices you've rearranged your furniture.

Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.

If you don't see God in the next person you meet, look no further.

America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming.

People were referring to me as the new Anita Bryant. Anita would get a little jealous.

People are often shy to acknowledge that they are Bengalis. They somehow take pride in saying that they cannot speak or read the language.

Dr. Spock, who said, Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. Never got a dinner!

Being rejected is not nice, and it never gets any easier no matter where you are in your career.