One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it

When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And then, shaken by the terror of such spectacles, imaginations will paint things entirely strange to those who have not witnessed them.

Gentleness and peacefulness regulate our proceedings; theirs are dictated by fury. We employ reason, they accumulate faggots. They preach nothing but love, and breathe nothing but blood. Their words are humane, but their hearts are cruel.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.

If you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.