To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.
Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles.
One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.
In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.
I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.
I cannot surrender my principles, though the whole world besides should vote them down - I can make no compromise between truth and error, even though my life be the alternative.
Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
Principles are the most important thing to me. One of the things I think my dad taught me was there are people who accept the world they live in and there are people who change the world they live in. I don't accept my circumstances.
People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles.