Poems List

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you speak.

Those who enjoy such freedoms as we enjoy, forget in time that men died to earn them.

Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.

A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking (meant) for others!

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

Necessity makes even the timid brave.

One path alone leads to a life of peace: The path of virtue.

You say that my way of thinking cannot be tolerated? What of it? The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool. My way of thinking is the result of my reflections. It is part of my inner being, the way I am made. I do not contradict them, and would not even if I wished to. For my system, which you disapprove of, is also my greatest comfort in life, the source of all my happiness --- it means more to me than my life itself.

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants beyond everything else is safety.

All military type firearms are to be handed in immediately... The SS, SA and Stahlhelm give every respectable German man the opportunity of campaigning with them. Therefore anyone who does not belong to one of the above named organisations and who unjustifiably nevertheless keeps his weapon... must be regarded as an enemy of the national government.

Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, "I did not come to comfort you; God only can do that; but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction".

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

We have placed too much hope in political and social reforms, only to find out that we were being deprived of our most precious possession: our spiritual life.

Through faith man experiences the meaning of the world; through action he is to give to it meaning.

In all things it is a good idea to hang a question mark now and then on the things we have taken for granted.

I have no money, no resources, and no hope. I am the happiest man alive.

A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its civic courage, both as a whole and separately, in each country, in each government, in each political party, and, of course, in the United Nations. Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling and intellectual elites...

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do.

If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.

To what purpose should I trouble myself in searching out the secrets of the stars, having death or slavery continually before my eyes?

Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig.