If we want to work out a policy for the present, we must examine the past and prepare for the future, discard the material and elevate the spirit, rely on the individual and exclude the mass.

Men who have not known the horror of death are not likely to be awed by it.

If there are still men who really want to live in this world, they should first dare to speak out, to laugh, to cry, to be angry, to accuse, to fight-that they may at least cleanse this accursed place of its accursed atmosphere!

The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.

I have a dream that I will fulfill. And nothing else will distract me from my path.

If men refuse to be kindled, sparks can only burn themselves out, just as paper images and carriages burn out on the street during funerals.

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