So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.

Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.

World history is tragic.

Power is paradoxical.

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.