The smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look clearly into a future when there will not be many idols left to smash.

No mariner ever enters upon a more uncharted sea than does the average human being born in the 20th century. Our ancestors know their way from birth through eternity; we are puzzled about the day after tomorrow.

It is easier to develop great power than it is to know how to use it wisely.

Great men, even during their lifetime, are usually known to the public only through a fictitious personality.

You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative; the jolliest steamroller will not plant flowers.

To understand is not only to pardon, but in the end to love.

Genius sees the dynamic purpose first, find reasons afterward.