الجدار القائم بذاته مقفِراً وصلباً كأنما استعار روح الجبل المجاور. اللوحةُ في وسطه لا تقول إلا حيرتَها، أمام غزارة هذا الفراغ الجدار بمزاجه الدمويّ ل… - Henri Barbusse

It is an important experience to be in the presence of a thinking creature who is crying. A weak, broken creature who is crying creates the same impression as an omnipotent god whom one implores; for in its weakness and defeat it rises above the human condition.

The love we have for our native land would be good and praiseworthy if it did not degenerate, as we see it does everywhere, into vanity, the spirit of predominance, acquisitiveness, hate, envy, nationalism, and militarism

"I have confidence in the abyss of the people." And those words stabbed me to the heart and dilated my eyes with horror, for it seemed to me suddenly, in a flash, that he understood what he was saying!