Martin Svoboda

“My hand feels touched as well as it touches; reality says this, and nothing more.”

“A poem is never finished; it's always an accident that puts a stop to it-that is to say, gives it to the public.”

“A good poet is of no more use to his country than a good petanque player.”

“A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.”

“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”

“I’ve decided to be happy because it is good for my health.”

“Each man lived his own life, and paid his own price for living it.”

“I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.”

“Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.”

“Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.”

“Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are the more selective you become.”

“I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place”

“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.”

“The role of a leader is not to come up with all the great ideas. The role of a leader is to create an environment in which great ideas can happen.”

“Prohibition of desire leads to desire for prohibition.”

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, the man who never reads lives only one.”

“Forgiveness does not change the past but it does enlarge the future.”

“The quickest way to happiness learning to be selfless.”