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Inspirational Quotes by Max Lerner
- I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.
- What counted was not the facts but the fears.
- We must face what we fear; that is the case of the core of the restoration of health.
- Somehow life doesn't always pay off to those who are most insistent.
- To deaden yourself against any hurt is to deaden yourself also against the hurt of others.
- A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed to call a politician
- To reject the word is to reject the human search.
- The Russians train; they do not dare educate.
- Man's will creates the things that paralyze his brain and brutalize his heart.
- Small wars are always teetering on the brink of becoming big ones.
- The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.
- When you are seventeen you aren't really serious.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento