Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig.

Should one point out that from ancient times decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end?

Who will dare say he has defined art?

A storm breaks trees. It only bends grass.

It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.

To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is good... Ideology - that is what gives devildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination. That is the social theory which helps to make his acts seem good instead of bad in his own and others' eyes, so that he won't hear reproaches and curses but will receive praise and honors.

In every life there is one particular event that is decisive for the entire person-for his fate, his convictions, his passions.