If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.
Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.
People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.
A society is defined as much by how it comes to terms with its past as by its attitude toward the future: its memories are no less revealing than its aims.
Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.