One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom

War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war.

I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of images to trouble the souls and change the hearts of men

The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards; and curiosity itself can be vivid and wholesome only in proportion as the mind is contented and happy