The largely objective character of beauty is further indicated by the fact that to a considerable extent beauty is the expression of health. A well and harmoniously developed body, tense muscles, an elastic and finely toned skin, bright eyes, grace and animation of carriage- all these things which are essential to beauty are the conditions of health.

...aesthetic values are changed under the influence of sexual emotion; from the lover's point of view many things are beautiful which are unbeautiful from the point of view of him who is not a lover, and the greater the degree to which the lover is swayed by his passion the greater the extent to which his normal aesthetic standard is liable to be modified.

Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life?

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war involves the acquisition of immense new provinces.

The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.

Those persons who are burning to display heroism may rest assured that the course of social evolution will offer them every opportunity.