Man Is A Fugitive From Nature.

Every Intellectual Effort Sets Us Apart From The Commonplace, And Leads Us By Hidden And Difficult Paths To Secluded Spots Where We Find Ourselves Amid Unaccustomed Thoughts.

To Rule Is Not So Much A Question Of The Heavy Hand As The Firm Seat.

I Have Never Said That Human Society Ought To Be Aristocratic, But A Great Deal More Than That. What I Have Said, And Still Believe With Ever-increasing Conviction, Is That Human Society Is Always, Whether It Will Or No, Aristocratic By Its Very Essence, To The Extreme That It Is A Society In The Measure That It Is Aristocratic, And Ceases To Be Such When It Ceases To Be Aristocratic. Of Course I Am Speaking Now Of Society And Not Of The State.

The Hero's Will Is Not That Of His Ancestors Nor Of His Society, But His Own. This Will To Be Oneself Is Heroism.

The Librarian's Mission Should Be, Not Like Up To Now, A Mere Handling Of The Book As An Object, But Rather A Know How (mise Au Point) Of The Book As A Vital Function.