79 Quotes by José Mujica

Lebe so wie du denkst. Sonst wirst du irgendwann so denken, wie du lebst.

A lot of people like a lot of money. They shouldn't go into politics.

I'll shout it if they want: Down with isms! Up with a Left that is capable of thinking outside the box! In other words, I am more than completely cured of simplifications, of dividing the world into good and evil, of thinking in black and white. I have repented!

My years in jail were a bit like a workshop for my - that actually forged my way of thinking and my values.

Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet.

My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm the son of my history.

There are those who believe that power is up above, and they don't notice that it's actually in the hearts of the great masses.

I'm just sick of the way things are. We're in an age in which we can't live without accepting the logic of the market. Contemporary politics is all about short-term pragmatism. We have abandoned religion and philosophy... What we have left is the automatisation of doing what the market tells us.

When you have a lot of solitude, any living thing becomes a companion.