It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.
We must always bear in mind that we are not going to be free, but are free already. Every idea that we are bound is a delusion.
There is no other teacher but your own soul.
My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.
My child, what I want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel, inside which dwells a mind of the same material as that of which the thunderbolt is made.
There is no motion in a straight line. A straight line infinitely projected becomes a circle.
The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.
From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war and extortion?
If history, philosophy and so on vanish from academic life, what they leave in their wake may be a technical training facility or corporate research institute. But it will not be a university in the classical sense of the term, and it would be deceptive to call it one.
I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.
When you drink water, don't forget the fountain.