To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

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Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes...

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes...

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world...

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random...

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random...

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to...

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to...

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by...

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by...

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted

An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought,...

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought,...

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

Art is a revolt against fate.

Art is a revolt against fate.

There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither...

There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither...

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.