"Sooner will a camel pass through the eye of a needle, than a great man be found by an election."

"If Dr. Karl Lueger had lived in Germany, he would have been ranked among the great minds of our people."

"I was not in accord with its sharp antisemitic tone; but again and again I found that its arguments gave me grounds f…"

"I know that fewer people are won over by the written word than by the spoken word and that every great movement on th…"

"Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken."

"I know people who 'read' enormously, book for book, letter for letter, yet whom I would not describe as 'well-read.' …"

"Reading is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. Its chief purpose is to help towards filling in the framework…"

"On the other hand, a man who possesses the art of correct reading will, in studying any book, magazine, or pamphlet, …"

"Those who have no understanding of the political world around them have no right to criticize or complain."

"Once, when passing through the Inner City [of Vienna], I suddenly encountered a phenomenon in a long caftan and weari…"