Democracy is not a commodity for import and export.
Never can a room look comfortable without books. . . Books ought to be scattered all over the house, even in the passages, in the bedroom, les livres du chevet, everywhere.
Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph; with time it fades.
My greatest wish is to write in such a manner that all may think they have written it themselves.
Those who look for reasons to hate miss opportunities to love.
One doesn't know one's self what grain one sows, that works on and on, through one and through many lives, transmitted from heart to heart and from lips to lips.
[Written in 1901:] Nothing has been so deplorable for countries as centralization. I am afraid when I see Germany grow so powerful, and centralizing in Berlin; it is the beginning of the end!
Any action coming out of unconsciousness is sin. The action may look virtuous, but it cannot be. You may create a beautiful facade, a character, a certain virtuousness; you may speak the truth, you may avoid lies; you may try to be moral, and so on and so forth. But if all this is coming from unconsciousness, it is all sin.
It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions.
In today's world of technology we should no longer be using outdated paper processes to accomplish tasks such as requisitions, reports, approvals, and purchase orders
There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers.