... a man has to think of his soul before everything else.

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

In difficult circumstances always act on first impressions.

The subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words--that is, to describe directly the life, not only of humanity, but even of a single people, appears to be impossible.

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Men are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence.

The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.