In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.
I have recommended in my writings the study of civic virtues, without which there is no redemption. I have written likewise (and repeat my words) that reforms, to be beneficial, must come from above, that those which come from below are irregularly gained and uncertain.
Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.
Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
Is evolution a theory, a system, or an hypothesis? It is much more: it is a general condition to which all theories, all hypotheses, all systems must bow and which they must satisfy henceforward if they are to be thinkable and true.
You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest.
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective.
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.
If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.
The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
I must never write when I do not want to write.
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
There have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life… I think I must have been crying for some attention.
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
Genius must be born, and never can be taught.
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.
We young Filipinos are trying to make over a nation and must not halt in our march, but from time to time turn our gaze upon our elders. We shall wish to read in their countenances approval of our actions.
We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
There are things one must do for oneself.
And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.
To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams.
The world is changing quickly and we must be ready to change with it or risk being left behind.
Any good music must be an innovation.
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.
Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good… Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.
The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship.
To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted. The whole continent was a garden, and from the beginning, it seemed to be favored above all the other wild parks and gardens of the globe.
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Therefore, let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work.
Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly.
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There’s a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that’s just begun.
If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.
No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.
When one must, one can.
The king must die so that the country can live.
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
Where I am, I don’t know, I’ll never know, in the silence you don’t know, you must go on, I can’t go on, I’ll go on.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
One of the key qualities a leader must possess is the ability to detach from the chaos, mayhem, and emotions in a situation and make good, clear decisions based on what is actually happening.
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.
I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.
Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.
Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures.
The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
