There can be no acceptable future without an honest analysis of the past.

The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown the edifice.

Good or evil-you cannot build your life apart from this distinction.

We should clearly understand that only the voluntary and conscientious acceptance by a people of its guilt can ensure the healing of a nation. Unremitting reproaches from outside are counterproductive.

Only an extraordinary person can turn opportunity into reality.

Macbeth's self-justifications were feeble - and his conscience devoured him. Yes, even Iago was a little lamb too. The imagination and the spiritual strength of Shakespeare's evildoers stopped short at a dozen corpses. Because they had no ideology.

Yes, you live with your feet in the mud and there's no time to be thinking about how you got in or how you're going to get out.