It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

I feel that if I kept it secret it might grow in my mind (as poisonous things grow in the dark) and take its place with the other terrible thoughts that gnaw me

To make men Socialists is nothing, but to make Socialism human is a great thing.

I asked the question for the best reason possible, for the only reason, indeed, that excuses anyone for asking any question - simple curiosity.

The best one can say of modern creative art is that it is just a little less vulgar than reality.