Leon Trotsky

"Justice without enforcement is merely wishful thinking."

"The greatest strength lies in admitting what you do not know."

"A lie repeated becomes the truth only in the minds of the naive."

"War is the failure of those who claimed to govern."

"The workplace is where human dignity is either affirmed or destroyed."

"Imagination is the first rebellion against established order."

"Technology serves the master it is built to serve."

"Music expresses what politics cannot articulate."

"Death is certain; the manner of living is the only choice."

"Perseverance is not stubbornness; it is intelligent persistence."

"Gratitude toward tyrants is complicity in oppression."

"Wisdom without compassion is merely calculated cruelty."

"The isolation of solitude can become either madness or clarity."

"Power reveals the true character of those who hold it."

"Adventure is the price paid for refusing to accept the given."

"Philosophy that does not change the world is mere entertainment."

"Kindness toward enemies is strategic only if it advances liberation."

"Health of the body is inseparable from health of the society."

"Beauty under capitalism becomes another commodity for sale."

"Science in service of profit becomes science in service of oppression."

"The nation-state is a temporary form destined for transformation."

"Faith in humanity must be earned through consistent action."

"Nature itself teaches us the necessity of eternal transformation."

"Happiness purchased through the suffering of others is hollow."

"Success measured only in wealth is a poverty of spirit."

"Love between persons is possible only when both are free."

"Time is the resource the powerful hoard from the powerless."

"Peace without justice is merely the silence of the defeated."

"Inspiration without action is merely theatrical emotion."