Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be.

To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.

Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art. Critical genius means an aptitude for discerning truth under appearances or in disguises which conceal it; for discovering it in spite of the errors of testimony, the frauds of tradition, the dust of time, the loss or alteration of texts. It is the sagacity of the hunter whom nothing deceives for long, and whom no ruse can throw off the trail.

When everything is in its right place within us, we ourselves are in balance with the whole work of God.

Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of a society is alone the basis of civilization.

Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.