There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature, equivocal. I shall not be going too far in saying at once that she is politically suspect.

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Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

What is uttered is finished and done with.

What is uttered is finished and done with.

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history...

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history...

I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare...

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare...

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or...

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or...

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without...

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without...

The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly...

The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly...

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which...

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which...

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness,...

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness,...

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle...

Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle...