the object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but rather that we should have a new soul.

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

When once you have got hold of a vulgar joke, you may be certain that you have got hold of a subtle and spiritual idea.

The cross cannot be defeated for it is defeat.

An almost unnatural vigilance is really required of the citizen because of the horrible rapidity with which human institutions grow old.

It is only great men who take up a great space by not being there.

We have passed the age of the demagogue, the man who has little to say and says it loud. We have come to the age of the mystagogue or don, the man who has nothing to say, but says it softly and impressively in an indistinct whisper.