The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.

Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.

Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.

The effectiveness of a doctrine does not come from its meaning but from its certitude. No doctrine however profound and sublime will be effective unless it is presented as the embodiment of the one and only truth

Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden.

To a man utterly without a sense of belonging, mere life is all that matters. It is the only reality in an eternity of nothingness, and he clings to it with shameless despair.

The main effect of a real revolution is perhaps that it sweeps away those who do not know how to wish, and brings to the front men with insatiable appetites for action, power and all that the world has to offer.