...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of a self-sacrificing devotion to the flag, a leader, a religeous faith or political conviction.

One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up.

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unerring, she flows towards her goal. At every bend in her course she leaves the mud which she carries and the corpses of the drowned.

True creativity often starts where language ends.