History, that is to say, the unconscious, universal life of humanity, in the aggregate, every moment profits by the life of kings for itself, as an instrument for the accomplishment of its own ends.

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

I believe in one, incomprehensible God, the immortality of the soul and eternal retribution for our acts.

Where there is love, there is God also.

If a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at unnecessary and stupid things

One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love.

But that's just the aim of civilization - to make everything a source of enjoyment.