We Germans will never produce another Goethe, but we may produce another Caesar.

Formerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now people want to think only what they are supposed to think, and this they consider freedom.

When the ordinary thought of a highly cultivated people begins to regard 'having children' as a question of pro's and con's, the great turning point has come.

Through money, democracy becomes its own destroyer, after money has destroyed intellect.

Fortunately, at the last hour, there were always a few soldiers to save Civilization.

Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes.

What is truth? For the multitude, that which it continually reads and hears.

Optimism is cowardice.

Peace is a desire, war is a fact; and history has never paid heed to human desires and ideals.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

I maintain that to-day many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practise the dull craft of experimental psychology.

Making many mistakesDoesn't make you a failureIt makes you become more successful

The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out.

MY Life is my masterpiece. My work is my worship.

The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious

Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it.

Aside from producing I want to direct but I'm also going to get back out on the road.

Writing is one of the most assertive things a person can do.

The Forest of Arden, where I grew up, is where As You Like It is set. It was idyllic.

I'm a part of the no-tight-jeans coalition.

Never go to bed with someone whose problems are greater than yours.