"Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul."
"An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along."
"Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool."
"Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form."
"The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past."
"The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force."
"Business is a combination of war and sport."
