If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.

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Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing...

Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing...

Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The...

Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The...

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if...

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if...

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends...

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends...

There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured...

There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from...

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from...

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will...

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will...

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say,...

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say,...

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but...

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but...

What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live,...

What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live,...

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as...

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as...

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult...

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult...

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the...

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the...

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of...

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of...

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.

To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.