Oswald Spengler

"Wisdom grows with experience."

"Happiness is an illusion of the satisfied."

"Success requires sacrifice."

"Friendship is freely chosen."

"Family bonds endure."

"Hope survives despair."

"Courage is the first virtue."

"Change is the only constant."

"Education shapes destiny."

"Knowledge is power."

"Time is the measure of all things."

"Truth is often uncomfortable."

"Freedom demands responsibility."

"Peace is the absence of struggle."

"Nature obeys immutable laws."

"Art expresses the inexpressible."

"Music elevates the soul."

"Faith moves mountains."

"The true historian finds his real task in understanding the spirit of an age, not merely cataloging its events."

"Money is congealed power, and those who control it shape the destiny of civilizations."

"Man does not live by reason alone; instinct and intuition are equally valid guides to truth."

"Every culture contains within itself the seeds of its own decline."

"The present age mistakes comfort for happiness and security for freedom."

"Art is the expression of a culture's deepest convictions about reality."

"Technology promises liberation but often delivers a new form of servitude."

"To understand a nation, one must comprehend the hidden laws governing its rise and fall."

"The man who fears change has already surrendered to it."

"In nature, strength is respected; in civilization, cunning is rewarded."

"A civilization's moral decline precedes its political collapse."

"The greatest truths are often whispered, never shouted."