As In Everything Else, I Must Start

The Kind Of Hope That I Often Think About…i Understand Above All As A State Of Mind, Not A State Of The World. Either We Have Hope Within Us, Or We Don’t. It Is A Dimension Of The Soul It’s Not Essentially Dependent Upon Some Particular Observation Of The World Or Estimate Of The Situation. Hope Is Not The Conviction That Something Will Turn Out Well, But The Certainty That Something Makes Sense, Regardless Of How It Turns Out.

Every Consession Gives Rise To Further Concessions, We Cannot Back Down, Because Behind Us There Is Only An Abyss, We Must Keep Our Promises And Demand That They Be Kept.

It's Not True That You Should First Think Up An Idea For A Better World And Only Then "put It Into Practice," But, Rather, Through The Fact Of Your Existence In The World, You Create The Idea Or Manifest It - Create It, As It Were, From The "material Of The World," Articulate It In The "language Of The World."

By Perceiving Ourselves As Part Of The River, We Take Responsibility For The River As A Whole.

Though My Heart May Be Left Of Centre, I Have Always Known That The Only Economic System That Works Is A Market Economy... This Is The Only Natural Economy, The Only Kind That Makes Sense, The Only One That Can Lead To Prosperity, Because It Is The Only One That Reflects The Nature Of Life Itself.