Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.

It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future.

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any.