I just want to make a name for myself and get to the next level.
What about life, Ninotchka? Do Russians never think about life, of the moment in which we are living? It's the only moment we ever really have.
Your word is your bond.
It don't take long to kill things. Not like it does to grow.
Little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire.
Don't make excuses and don't talk about it. Do it.
The whole body of what is now called moral or ethical truth existed in the golden age as abstract science. Or, if we prefer, we may say that the laws of Nature are the purest morality.
It is no longer possible to escape men. Farewell to the monsters, farewell to the saints. Farewell to pride. All that is left is men.
[T]rue socialism must be voluntary - not coerced. Even in the most complete system of society we can conceive the individual must still have rights and property. He must appropriate food to sustain his life. He must wear clothes which are his. He must have his private and exclusive apartment, and must have the right to be in some place on God's earth from which he cannot be evicted by landlord of society.
Compassion is not sympathy. Compassion is mercy. It is a commitment to take responsibility for the suffering of others.