We no longer admit any other truth than that which is expedient; for there is no worse error than the truth that may weaken the arm that is fighting.

The nationalist has a broad hatred and a narrow love.

Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship.

Though a revolution may call itself "national," it always marks the victory of a single party.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

If the flower were not attached to its stem, it would flee at the approach of man, like the insect or the bird; for the attribute of man on the earth, at least as long as he does not better understand his role, is to worry and frighten what he is not interested in taming for utilitarian purposes. Man is skillful in mistreating everything he can use