Walter Benjamin

"The past is always on the verge of disappearing; it is only a question of how we look at it."

"To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others."

"We cannot live in the past, but we can learn from it."

"Every individual is an intersection of all histories."

"The best monument to a man is not a statue but the hearts of men."

"Nothing exists except in so far as it is perceived."

"The struggle against death is always a struggle against time itself."

"To understand is to forgive, and to forgive is to love."

"A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another."

"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."

"The more you read about the world, the more you realize how much there is to know."

"Every moment contains a possibility for happiness that has been overlooked."

"To act is to risk something, but not to act is to risk everything."

"Language is the house of being, but we must remember that it is a house we live in, not a house we build."

"The future is determined by who controls the narrative of the past."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."

"Every new beginning is some other beginning's end."

"There is no such thing as an isolated action or event; everything is connected."

"The only constant in the world is change itself."

"Strength does not come from winning; strength comes from struggling."

"To dream is to have hope, and to have hope is to live."

"The imagination is the beginning of creation."

"What is essential is invisible to the eye."

"The more we know about how things came to be, the better we can understand what they are."

"There are two ways of differing from your opponent: one is the way of truth, the other is the way of sophistry."

"Time is money, but money is not time."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."

"The greatest pleasure is to outwit one's enemy."

"As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others."