Were art to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life and restoring him to an unexpected boyishness.

Excellence

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

Force

Civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort.

Ideas

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

Inferiority

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

Losers and Losing

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.

Opinions

Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe a type of man who does not want to give reasons or to be right, but simply shows himself resolved to impose his opinions.

Things and Little Things

For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.