Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you’ve got to keep your feet warm.
There are things I can’t force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.