All Philanthropy ... Is Only A Savory

All Philanthropy ... Is Only A Savory Fumigation Burning At The Mouth Of A Sewer. This Incense Offering Makes The Air More Endurable To Passers-by, But It Does Not Hinder The Infection In The Sewer From Spreading.

The Genius Of Happiness Is Still So Rare. To Possess It Means To Approach Life With The Humility Of A Beggar, But To Treat It With The Proud Generosity Of A Prince; To Bring To Its Totality The Deep Understanding Of A Great Poet And To Each Of Its Moments The Abandonment And Ingenuousness Of A Child.

Not Observation Of A Duty But Liberty Itself Is The Pledge That Assures Fidelity.

The Educator Must Above All Understand How To Wait; To Reckon All Effects In The Light Of The Future, Not Of The Present.

Formerly, A Nation That Broke The Peace, Did Not Trouble To Try And Prove To The World That It Was Done Solely From Higher Motives. ... Now War Has A Bad Conscience. Now Every Nation Assures Us That It Is Bleeding For A Human Cause, The Fate Of Which Hangs In The Balance Of Its Victory ... No Nation Dares To Admit The Guilt Of Blood Before The World.