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

Hope is like a path in the countryside.

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

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!

As long as there shall be stones, the seeds of fire will not die.

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

Women have a mother-nature and a daughter-nature; there are no women with a wife-nature. The quality of wife is an acquired character; it is a combination of mother and daughter.