Philosophy, the love of Wisdom, is at the very bottom defence against the incomprehensible.

Peace is a desire, war is a fact; and history has never paid heed to human desires and ideals.

Pacifism means letting the non-pacifists have control ... Pacifism will remain an ideal, war a fact. If the white races are resolved never to wage war again, the colored will act differently and become rulers of the world.

Optimism is cowardice.

Fortunately, at the last hour, there were always a few soldiers to save Civilization.

When the ordinary thought of a highly cultivated people begins to regard 'having children' as a question of pro's and con's, the great turning point has come.

The press today is an army with carefully organized weapons, the journalists its officers, the readers its soldiers. The reader neither knows nor is supposed to know the purposes for which he is used and the role he is to play.