Men who have not known the horror of death are not likely to be awed by it.
Discontent is the wheel that moves people forward.
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.
But a people unable to reform will not be able to preserve its old culture either.
I could not blot out hope, for hope belongs to the future.
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.