Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past.
人们自己创造自己的历史,但是他们并不是随心所欲地创造,并不是在他们自己选定的条件下创造,而是在直接碰到的、既定的、从过去承继下来的条件下创造。
"The past is not something we leave behind; it's something we carry within us, shaping our present and future."
The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.
The role of the artist is to create situations where things can happen.
"Every story is a journey, and every journey is a story."
No matter what anybody tells you,words and ideas can change the world.