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

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

Life is but a daily oscillation between revolt and submission.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, wants to re-establish them. Ignorance irritates him and knowledge cloys.

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.