All history is nothing but a continuous transformation of human nature.

The redeeming feature of war is that it puts a nation to the test. As exposure to the atmosphere reduces all mummies to instant dissolution, so war passes supreme judgment upon social systems that have outlived their vitality.

[Napoleon] swept away everywhere the establishments of feudality. ... [He was] Caesar himself.

All I know is that I am not a Marxist.

The product of mental labor - science - always stands far below its value, because the labor-time necessary to reproduce it has no relation at all to the labor-time required for its original production.

There are no bigger donkeys than these workers.... Look at our 'craftsmen'; Sad that world history should be be made with such people.

The more of himself man attributes to God, the less he has left in himself.