Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.

History furnishes to politics all the arguments that it needs, for the chosen cause.

Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if necessary, against others.

Love of my country does not demand that I shall hate and slay those noble and faithful souls who also love theirs.

A hero is a man who does what he can.

You are a vain fellow. You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things. A hero!... I don't quite know what that is: but, you see, I imagine that a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.

Thousands of animals (now billions) are butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. It cries vengeance upon all the human race.