When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.
Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power.
A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them.
Modern men are afraid of the past. It is a record of human achievement, but its other face is human defeat.
Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.
A regime, an established order, is rarely overthrown by a revolutionary movement; usually a regime collapses of its own weakness and corruption and then a revolutionary movement enters among the ruins and takes over the powers that have become vacant.