It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent his whole life appraising and describing the work of other men.

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with useful men.

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice and the truth in front of patriotic passion.

Whenever I write anything that sets up controversy its meaning is distorted almost instantly. Even the editorial writers of newspapers seem to be unable to understand the plainest sentence.

In every woman's life there is one real and consuming love. But very few women guess which one it is.

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.

The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians.