Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

War was then no longer this noble and unified outburst of souls in love with glory that he had imagined from Napoleon's proclamations.

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.

The first virtue of a young man today - that is, for the next fifty years perhaps, as long as we live in fear, and religion has regained its powers - is to be incapable of enthusiasm and not to have much in the way of brains.

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

A good book is an event in my life.