The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.
The biggest opportunities often hide in crises—the key is whether you can discover and seize them.
The historian's first duty is to tell the truth as he sees it, regardless of whom it pleases or displeases.
The actor must be able to create a world and then live in it.
The writer must be able to superintend himself and criticize himself.
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.