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"The only way to change the world is to quit thinking it's a job for Superman. Real power lies in your own hands."

"A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud."

"If the tranquillity is killing you, seek for the storm to save your life!"

"With the same habit of mind, even if you live thousands of lives, all will be the same! Get a different habit of mind to get a different life!"

"In your winter you deny your spring."

"The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide."

"Like birds leaving the dangerous places man must also leave his dangerous ideas!"

"The fate of every unusual thing is to be a usual thing quickly!"
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"Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out."

"When I recall my own path of life I cannot but speak of the violence, hatred and lies. A lesson drawn from such experiences, however, was that we can effectively oppose violence only if we ourselves do not resort to it."

"Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented."

"I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so, to the feelings of understanding and solidarity all over the world."

"I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling."

"I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society."

"The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen."
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