One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
One must work and dare if one really wants to live.
An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.
There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
I could forget that part, but it had to have been true.
He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
Never mind, you know the word must; with that word one does many things.
Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.
Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.
Between fourteen and nineteen, I must have begun and abandoned six novels.
Now I want to make it plain that 'The Virgin Spring' must be regarded as an aberration. It's touristic, a lousy imitation of Kurosawa.
