The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread. When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out "stop!" When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.

What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture 'tis to flee it.

If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.

Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong.

Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.

Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.

The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.