Inspirational Sayings

If a lion knew his own strength, it were hard for any man to rule him.

In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued.

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.

Man is so great that his greatness is known even in his knowing himself to be miserable.

I am the closest possible thing to James Bond that exists outside of fantasy.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

The sole object of government ought to be the greatest happiness of the greatest possible number of the community.

The eye cannot endure the sight of the absolute, so it creates a perspective.

Individual consciousness is only a part of the collective consciousness.

The greatest humbug of all is the man who believes—or pretends to believe—that everything and everybody are humbugs.

Writing is the disappearance of the subject.

The Internet has the potential to transform the public sphere, but also to fragment it.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Anyone who believes in magic is a fool.

I can’t believe how much time people waste on things that don’t matter.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Hope is an ontological need.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

The greatest music has no sound; the greatest form has no shape.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.