Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.

Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose and plan of regeneration, unless a new notion of happiness is joined to the sense of present evil.

There should be a law to the People besides its own will.

False principles, which correspond with the bad as well as with the just aspirations of mankind, are a normal and necessary element in the social life of nations.

The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.