Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

We have learned now that we cannot regard this planet as being fenced in and a secure abiding place for Man we can never anticipate the unseen good or evil that may come upon us suddenly out of space.

It's no use locking the door after the steed is stolen.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

For all my desire to be interesting, I have to confess that for most things and people I don't give a damn.

The State's your mother, your father, the totality of your interests. No discipline can be too severe for the man that denies thatby word or deed.

Face this world. Learn its ways, watch it, be careful of too hasty guesses at its meaning. In the end you will find clues to it all.