General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.

Don't think, just do.

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word.

The target of preventive war must have several characteristics. It must be virtually defenceless; it must be important enough to be worth the trouble; it must be possible to portray it as the ultimate evil and an imminent threat to our survival.