Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

We thank God for having created this world, and praise Him for having made another, quite different one, where the wrongs of this one are corrected.

A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not haggle over expenditures for armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.