Martin Svoboda

“I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison.”

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”

“Time changes, and our desires change. What we
believe—even what we are—is ever-
changing. The world is change, which forever
takes on new qualities.”

“Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the fuck you were gonna do anyway”

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”

“Everything is on loan in life—everything.”

“I firmly believe we can make our own miracles if we believe strongly enough in ourselves and our mission on earth.”

“If you haven’t cried, your eyes cannot be beautiful.”

“I don’t understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.”

“My philosophy is that it's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.”

“A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.”

“A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth.”

“Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.”

“Life is short, but the years are long.”

“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”

“The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.”

“For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”

“If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize.”

“What keeps me going is goals.”