The Masses Think That Is Is Easy

In Order To Master The Unruly Torrent Of Life The Learned Man Meditates, The Poet Quivers, And The Political Hero Erects The Fortress Of His Will.

Civilization Is Nothing More Than The Effort To Reduce The Use Of Force To The Last Resort.

Romantic Poses Aside, Let Us Recognize That "falling In Love"...is An Inferior State Of Mind, A Form Of Transitory Imbecility.

Rancor Is An Outpouring Of A Feeling Of Inferiority.

Imagine For A Moment That Each One Of Us Takes Only A Little More Care For Each Hour Of His Days, That He Demands In It A Little More Of Elegance And Intensity; Then, Multiplying All These Minute Pressures Toward The Perfecting And Deepening Of Each Life By All The Others, Calculate For Yourselves The Gigantic Enrichment, The Fabulous Ennobling Which This Process Would Create For Human Society.