The World As I See It

Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work.

People flatter me as long as I do not get in their way. But if I direct my efforts towards objects which do not suit them, they immediately turn to abuse and calumny in defence of their interests.

Anybody who really wants to abolish war must resolutely declare himself in favour of his own country’s resigning a portion of its sovereignty in favour of international institutions: he must be ready to make his own country amenable, in case of a dispute, to the award of an international court.

The State is made for man, not man for the State.

the State should be our servant and not we its slaves.

Dixi et salvavi animam meant.

senatores boni viri, senatus autem bestia.

Success on a large scale will take time, but it will undoubtedly come.

the fate of the human race was more than ever dependent on its moral strength to-day. The way to a joyful and happy state is through renunciation and self-limitation everywhere.

Life for him is always becoming, never being.