The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

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Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.

Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve...

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve...

It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do...

It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do...

I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage...

I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage...

The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all...

The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all...

These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army...

These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army...

You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop...

You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop...

I know of no better name than Anarchism.

I know of no better name than Anarchism.

What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such...

What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such...

I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural...

I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural...

Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.

Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides...

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides...

But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or...

But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or...

The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the...

The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the...

We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new...

We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new...

Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past.

Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past.

The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.

The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.

That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics...

That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics...

Freud has shown one thing very clearly: that we only forget our infancy by burying...

Freud has shown one thing very clearly: that we only forget our infancy by burying...

In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.

In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.