Leon Trotsky Quotes & Sayings

“Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.”

“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”

“You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.”

“Revolutions are always verbose.”

“Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.”

“In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.”

“Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.”

“Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity.”

“The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself.”

“Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.”