In the blood of the martyrs to intolerance are the seeds of unbelief

The writers who have nothing to say, are the ones you can buy, the others have too high a price.

Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.

Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order to conduct propaganda there must be some barrier between the public and the event.

Lovers who have nothing to do but love each other are not really to be envied; love and nothing else very soon is nothing else.

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

Even God has been defended with nonsense.