I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate.

Patriotism ruins history.

I am part of the part that once was everything, Part of the darkness which gave birth to light… Mephistopheles, from Faust.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

The little man is still a man.

if only these treasures were not so fragile as they are precious and beautiful.

Any trifle is enough to entertain two lovers.