Quotes from book

History and Utopia

“Mind, even more deadly to empires than to individuals, erodes them, compromises their solidity.”

“If a man has not, by the time he is 30, yielded to the fascination of every form of extremism, I don't know if he is to be admired or scorned — a saint or a corpse.”

“To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.”

“It is an understatement to say that in this society injustices abound: in truth, it is itself the quintessence of injustice.”

“If, at the limit, you can rule without crime, you cannot do so without injustices.”

“The more we try to wrest ourselves from our ego, the deeper we sink into it.”

“Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty.”

“I foresee the day when we shall read nothing but telegrams and prayers.”