Wisdom Sayings

I am a living demonstration of the fact that a man can remain a virgin until he is 30, and yet be a man.

The price of glory is the loss of leisure.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

I am too intelligent, too demanding, too resourceful for anyone to be able to satisfy me sensibly.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

The meaning of a word is its use in the language.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Don't walk in front of me… I may not follow. Don't walk behind me… I may not lead. Walk beside me… just be my friend.

The Japanese are dwarfs with the minds of children.

I hate the word 'facts.' I like the word 'truth.'

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

The state is not 'abolished', it withers away.

I have always thought that there was something more dangerous than despotism, and that was servitude voluntarily endured.

The hardest thing to explain is the obvious.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

I was often so tormented by unanswerable questions that I would put my head down on the table and cry.

A person does not act upon the world, the world acts upon him.

No matter what you do, it will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

The essence of fashion is that it is always in the process of becoming, and never is.

Society is not a mere sum of individuals, but the system formed by their association has its own reality.