How interesting it would be to write the story of the experiences in this life of a man who killed himself in his previous life; how he stumbles against the very demands which had offered themselves before, until he arrives at the realization that he must fulfill those demands. The deeds of the preceding life give direction to the present life.

From the self-confidence with which he spoke no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.

Are we not all flung into the world for no other purpose than to hate each other, and so to torture ourselves and one another?

You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard; but when you work... if you love your work, you will find your reward in that.

Art should cause violence to be set aside and it is only art that can accomplish this.

The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed in two ways: by a change of life or by a change of conscience.

In education, once more, the chief things are equality and freedom.