The writer is the engineer of the human soul.

Revolution, the substitution of one social system for another, has always been a struggle, a painful and a cruel struggle, a life and death struggle.

It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.

Education is a weapon the effect of which is determined by the hands which wield it, by who is to be struck down.

Nobody respects a country with a poor army, but everybody respects a country with a good army. I raise my toast to the Finnish army

To slacken the tempo...would mean falling behind. And those who fall behind get beaten.

I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy.