Civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort.

The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will.

A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation.

The real magic wand is the child's own mind.

Since love is the most delicate and total act of a soul, it will reflect the state and nature of the soul.

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.

Man adapts himself to everything, to the best and the worst.