Democracy, then, in the centralizing, pattern-making, absolutist shape which we have given to it is, it is clear, the time of tyranny's incubation.

Sooner or later, a society of sheep must create a government of wolves.

Barbarian invasions would be superfluous: We are our own Huns.

A people among whom custom is altogether sovereign endures the despotism of the dead.

The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the most absolute of kings.

It is as futile and dangerous to aim at making of society one large family, as sentimental socialism seeks to do, as to aim at making of it one large team, as positivist socialism seeks to do.

Power changes its appearance but not its reality.

I will not let them harm you. I will protect you 'till my last breath.

The light in my soul is inextinguishable.

True love not only attracts hearts, but it also shines like the sun.

Oh, precious losing streak, you're too cute for your own good. I try to laugh about itbut my face is made of wood.

The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls but in the space within to be lived in.

Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions.

Discipline is not a light switch. Discipline is a way of life.

Speak to the suffering, and you will never lack an audience. There is a broken heart in every crowd.

I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong - I have audio illusions.

You're only popular with anorexia.