The modern age has a false sense of superiority, because of the great mass of data at its disposal. But the valid criterion of distinction is rather the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.

To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.

Hypotheses are the scaffolds which are erected in front of a building and removedd when the building is completed. They are indispensable to the worker; but the worker must not mistake the scaffolding for the building.

Writing history is a method of getting rid of the past.

Create, artist, do not talk.

The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.