Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion, even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

The art of living… is neither careless drifting on the one hand, nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.

The mother of revolution and crime is poverty.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.

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