Man is not merely an evolution but rather a revolution.

For religion all men are equal, as all pennies are equal, because the only value of any of them is that they bear the image of the king.

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

[A pacifist is] the last and least excusable on the list of the enemies of society.

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.

A fad or heresy is the exaltation of something which even if true, is secondary or temporary in its nature against those things which are essential and eternal, those things which always prove themselves true in the long run. In short, it is the setting up of the mood against the mind.

The real pleasure-seeking is the combination of luxury and austerity in such a way that the luxury can really be felt.