Pessimism Of The Spirit; Optimism Of The

Pessimism Of The Spirit; Optimism Of The Will.

I Give Culture This Meaning: Exercise Of Thought, Acquisition Of General Ideas, Habit Of Connecting Causes And Effects ... I Believe That It Means Thinking Well, Whatever One Thinks, And Therefore Acting Well, Whatever One Does.

What Comes To Pass Does So Not So Much Because A Few People Want It To Happen, As Because The Mass Of Citizens Abdicate Their Responsibility And Let Things Be.

A Social Group Can, Indeed Must, Already Exercise 'leadership' Before Winning Governmental Power (this Is Indeed One Of The Principal Conditions For The Winning Of Such Power); It Subsequently Becomes Dominant When It Exercises Power, But Even If It Holds It Firmly In Its Grasp, It Must Continue To 'lead' As Well.

Destruction Is Difficult. It Is As Difficult As Creation.