War is a brutal and fierce means of pacification; it means the suppression of resistance by the destruction or enslavement of the conquered.

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.

The philosopher aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. Mystery on the other hand is demanded and pursued by the religious instinct; mystery constitutes the essence of worship, the power of proselytism.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. -Henri

Faith is certitude without proofs ... Faith is a sentiment, for it is a hope; it is an instinct, for it precedes all outward instruction.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing.