Society and the World

Beneath the rule of men entirely great

I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he;

How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix.

That low man seeks a little thing to do,

That low man seeks a little thing to do,

… Progress, man’s distinctive mark alone,

Be a governess! Better be a slave at once!

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee, is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns.

The essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation … The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation … The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?

What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

I shall have no right to participate in the reconstruction of Christian life in Germany after the war if I do not share the trials of this time with my people.

I shall have no right to participate in the reconstruction of Christian life in Germany after the war if I do not share the trials of this time with my people.

Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it.

Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.

Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.

Your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.

For Mercy has a human heart,

For Mercy has a human heart,

He who binds to himself a joy

Mock on, mock on Voltaire, Rousseau: