Life is not an easy matter...You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.

Quote by Leon Trotsky

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If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great...

If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great...

Dialectical thought is related to vulgar thinking in the same way that a motion picture...

Dialectical thought is related to vulgar thinking in the same way that a motion picture...

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity.

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity.

Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.

Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.

Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.

Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration...

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration...

The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the...

The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the...

There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on...

There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on...

Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one...

Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one...

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an...

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an...

Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with...

Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with...

England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it...

England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it...

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration...

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration...

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People...

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People...

Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.

Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all...

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all...

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never...

I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never...

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his...

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.