But if a few awake, you can't say there is no hope of destroying the iron house.

Why should young people look for guides who hang out gided placards to advertise themselves? They would do better to look for friends, unite with them, and advance together towards some quarter where it seems possible to survive.

I felt that if a man's proposals met with approval, it should encourage him; if they met with opposition, it should make him fight back; but the real tragedy for him was to lift up his voice among the living and meet with no response neither approval nor opposition just as if he were left helpless in a boundless desert.

Discontent is the wheel that moves people forward.

The ability to forget the past enables people to free themselves gradually from the pain they once suffered; but it also often makes them repeat the mistakes of their predecessors.

I entreat fresh visions from the painters. Be lavish with your vermilion to portray the mountains in the spring.

When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet.