"There's a little book I'm thinking of writing — "Swan Song" is what I shall call it. The song of the dying. And my bo…"

"The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is …"

"Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want respect for every man — who kn…"

"Some one has to be kind, girl — some one has to pity people! Christ pitied everybody — and he said to us: "Go and do …"

"There — you say — truth! Truth doesn't always heal a wounded soul. For instance, I knew of a man who believed in a la…"

"One has to be able to count, if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty."

"Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber."

"If anyone want to become a socialist in a hurry, he should come to the United States."

"It is quiet and peaceful here, the air is good, there are numerous gardens, and in them nightingales sing and spies l…"

"It was typical of hundreds held throughout Italy. In no other country was sympathy with the victims of Tsarism so wid…"