A political theory seeks to find from history the limits of the politically possible

A moment's reflection shows that Liberalism is entirely negative. It is not a formative force, but always and only a disintegrating force.

For us there is but one crime: to be untrue to ourselves.

To an intellectual who is adrift in politics, a theory is an aim; to a true politician his theory is a boundary

Liberalism can only be defined negatively. It is a mere critique, not a living idea

Rationalism, which is the feeling that everything is subject to and completely explicable by Reason, consequently rejects everything not visible and calculable.

If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?

Capitalism is not an economic system, but a world-outlook, or rather, a part of a whole world-outlook

Alliance does not mean love, any more than war means hate

No section of the American populace has been more completely deceived by the forces interested in keeping the truth from the people than America's youth.

To the fantastic mental illness of Rationalism, hard facts are regrettable things, and to talk about them is to create them

Music is powerful. It is the only thing that can speak into your mind, your heart and your soul without your permission.

The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]

The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it.

If your doctor has warned you to avoid excitement, do not turn to exploring your past lives as a soothing and sedentary occupation.

It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.

To be a rebel is not to be a revolutionary. It is more often by a way of spinning one's wheels deeper in sand.

It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it is the exact opposite.

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

It's funny how bed and pillows and covers can change a conversation. Words turn quiet and you mean more and say less. It's like you can build your own little world, Population: 2.