Christ...an anarchist who succeeded. That's all.

What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.

Since 1789 history has had a new perspective, revolution being a successful revolt, and revolt a revolution that has failed.

One can fool life for a long time, but in the end it always makes us what we were intended to be.

In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.

To love a painting is to feel that this presence is ... not an object but a voice.

In the course of history, all empires have been created with premeditation, by an effort often sustained over several generations. Every power has been Roman to a degree. The United States is the first nation to become the most powerful in the world without having sought to be so. Its exceptional energy and organization have never been oriented toward conquest.