"In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in t…"

"Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pret…"

"He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked b…"

"Thus the Semitic race is to be recognized almost entirely by negative characteristics. It has neither mythology, nor …"

"A Muslim who knows French will never be a dangerous Muslim."

"As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If t…"

"Regere imperio populos, voilà notre vocation."

"All agreed in rejecting that blasphemy, that Greece was ever a province of Asia, that the Greek spirit, so free, so o…"

"To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me amb…"

"To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure …"