Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

If we must die, O let us nobly die.

Human dignity is more precious than prestige.

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools.

It's when you are down that you learn about your faults.