My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall - that is my strength, my only strength.

Quote by Antonio Gramsci

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Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.

Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will

To tell the truth is revolutionary.

To tell the truth is revolutionary.

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will

In the life of children there are two very clear-cut phases, before and after puberty....

In the life of children there are two very clear-cut phases, before and after puberty....

I turn and turn in my cell like a fly that doesn't know where to...

I turn and turn in my cell like a fly that doesn't know where to...

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.