Compassionate love may be strong. It sobs, it burns, then it wipes away its tears – and it does nothing.

One must open men's eyes, not tear them out.

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically -- while simulating a triumphant march forward -- than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?

Compassionate love may be strong. It sobs, it burns, then it wipes away its tears – and it does nothing.

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives him an artificial cheeriness, an artificial excitement; and the pleasure of this state is increased by the low level of civilization and the narrow empty life to which these men are confined.

We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation.

The world will not know liberty until all that is religious and political is transformed into something simple and human and made susceptible to criticism and denial.