"There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances." ― Leon Trotsky Topic(s): Life More From Leon Trotsky "Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man." "The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves." "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." More In Life "How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."― George Washington Carver "Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep."― Fran Lebowitz "It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."― Ralph Waldo Emerson