society Quotes

"We must not subject him who creates to the desires of the multitude. It is, rather, his creation that must become the multitude's desire."

"There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we travel we are in search of distance. But distance is not to be found. It melts away. And escape has... ...

"True, it is evil that a single man should crush the herd, but see not there the worse form of slavery, which is when the herd crushes out the man."

"A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them."

"One is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man."

"When we think that the machine will harm man, then it is perhaps because we are not yet capable of judging the rapid changes it has brought about. We hardly feel at home in this landscape of mines and power... ...