To contrast national solidarity and international cooperation as two opposites seems foolish to me.

Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are part of our common cultural heritage.

History uses a unit of measure for time that is different from that of the lifespan of the individual, whereas man is only too ready to measure the evolution of history by his own yardstick.

The economic position is only flourishing on the surface. Germany is in fact dancing on a volcano. If the short-term credits are called in, a large section of our economy would collapse.

In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future.

As a result of the World War, this old Germany collapsed. It collapsed in its constitution, in its social order, in its economic structure. Its thinking and feeling changed.

To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy - this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation.

Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of international cooperation.

Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him.

Just as the child is father to the man, so the impressions of one's youth remain the most vivid in manhood.

For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him.

A confident decision makes a lasting goal.

There's something very lazy about the way you have loved him blindly for so long without ever criticizing him. You've never even accepted that the man was ugly.

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

People gravitate to what they believe to be popular... Technology is enabling even more of that.

I felt like a number of things in me as a writer just clicked.

When you feel small and weak, remind yourself that you are a child of the universe who is connected to the infinite source.

I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.

People are doing what they can these days and looking for creative ways to sell music.

Games are starting to creep into every aspect of our day.

Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words.