"Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy."

"I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means—except by getting off his back."

"In historical events great men-so-called-are but labels serving to give a name to the event, and like labels, they have but the smallest connection with the event itself."

"The aim of art is not to solve a problem, but to state a problem correctly."

"War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves."