"You have evolved from worm to man, but much within you is still worm. Once you were apes, yet even now man is more of an ape than any of the apes."

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."

"Every talent must be paid for. One pays for it always, whether one has it or not, with a long and painful struggle."

"I know my fate. One day my name will be associated with the memory of something tremendous — a crisis without equal on earth, the most profound collision of conscience, a decision that was conjured up…"

"Only those who are capable of solitude are capable of love."