Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action

All humanity is passion without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual

What is art? Nature concentrated