History is direction—but Nature is extension—ergo, everyone gets eaten by a bear.

All world-improvers are Socialists. And consequently there are no Classical world-improvers.

Formerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now people want to think only what they are supposed to think, and this they consider freedom.

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

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

And the National Socialists believe that they can afford to ignore the world or oppose it, and build their castles-in-the-air without creating a possibly silent, but very palpable reaction from abroad.

Every Socialist outbreak only blazes new paths for Capitalism.