The automatic reaction of practically any young person is, at once, against authority. That, I think, began in the First World War because of the trenches, and the incompetence of the people on all fronts.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

Small things amuse small minds.

...or like an old friend one has known too well and doesn't want to see.

None of you [men] ask for anything - except everything, but just for so long as you need it.

It is quite easy to remark the absurdities and contradictions of a country's social system from outside its borders, but very difficult if one has been brought up in it.