It boils down to this: we should have done with humbug, and let war be war, and not a game ... If there were none of this magnanimity business in warfare, we should never go to war, except for something worth facing certain death for.

The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world. We marry to assist each other in this task. The most selfish and hateful life of all is that of two beings who unite in order to enjoy life. The highest calling is that of the man who has dedicated his life to serving God and doing good, and who unites with a woman in order to further that purpose.

Perhaps it's because I appreciate all I have so much that I don't worry about what I haven't got.

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.

A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul.

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

The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the greater the number of people he is connected with, the more power he has over other people, the more obvious is the predestination and inevitability of his every action.