Ernst Bloch

"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the conviction that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."

"The function of philosophy is to teach us how to live."

"A man without dreams is a man without hope."

"Where there is freedom, there is always the possibility of something new."

"The past can always be changed by the present. The future is dependent upon the present."

"Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter."

"It is precisely the oppressed nature of reality that makes art necessary."

"Not all who are lost are wandering."

"The real danger of time passing is that we fail to act on what matters."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"Culture is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned anew by each generation."

"The mind is the horizon of our freedom."

"What is real is something that is not yet achieved in reality."

"Music is the manifestation of the human spirit."

"Love is the only power that can transcend the boundaries of time and space."

"The future is no longer a historical given, but the product of human creativity."

"To be human is to be in constant rebellion against the forces that would diminish us."

"Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it."

"Patience is the virtue of the strong."

"The greatest gift we can give another is our presence."

"A society is only as strong as its weakest member."

"Technology is a tool that can liberate or enslave us, depending on how we use it."

"History is not what happened, but what is remembered."

"The power of imagination is greater than the power of knowledge."

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."

"Fear is the enemy of freedom."

"The pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of meaning."

"Success is not a destination, but a direction."

"Nature is the teacher of all wisdom."

"To love is to risk everything."