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

If there were no God, there would be no atheists.

Your next-door neighbor is not a man; he is an environment. He is the barking of a dog; he is the noise of a piano; he is a dispute about a party wall; he is drains that are worse than yours, or roses that are better than yours.

The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world... The reason is obvious. In a large community we can choose our companions. In a small community our companions are chosen for us.

Aesthetes never do anything but what they are told.

Individually, men may present a more or less rational appearance, eating, sleeping, and scheming. But humanity a a whole is changeful, mystical, fickle, delightful. Men are men, but Man is a woman.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.