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There Is Only One Art, Whose Sole Criterion Is The Power, The Authenticity, The Revelatory Insight, The Courage And Suggestiveness With Which It Seeks Its Truth.

Self-confidence Is Not Pride. Just The Contrary: Only A Person Or A Nation That Is Self-confident, In The Best Sense Of The Word, Is Capable Of Listening To Others, Accepting Them As Equals, Forgiving Its Enemies And Regretting Its Own Guilt.

People Who Live In The Post-totalitarian System Know Only Too Well That The Question Of Whether One Or Several Political Parties Are In Power, And How These Parties Define And Label Themselves, Is Of Far Less Importance Than The Question Of Whether Or Not It Is Possible To Live Like A Human Being.

Hope Is Not A Feeling. It Is Not The Belief That Things Will Turn Out Well, But The Conviction That What You Are Doing Makes Sense, No Matter How Things Turn Out.

The Experience I'm Talking About Has Given Me One Certainty: The Salvation Of This Human World Lies Nowhere Else Than In The Human Heart, In The Human Power To Reflect, In Human Meekness And In Human Responsibility. Without A Global Revolution In Human Consciousness, Nothing Will Change For The Better, And The Catastrophe Toward Which This World Is Headed Will Be Unavoidable.