Radio and cinema are daily playing a more and more important part, not only in the amusements of the twentieth-century man but also in the visible formation of his character.
I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images.
Роман — это история настоящего, в то время как история — это роман минувшего.
Aristocracy of the mind … is the only true aristocracy in my opinion. It is the essence, the very life of a well-built society.
Человек не может жить один, и точно так же не может жить в обществе.
M. Andre Mayer … made an astonishing confidence not long ago. The laboratories,” he said, are working at this moment with splendid results. In physics and biology, for example, we can predict new and very important discoveries. What is humanity going to do with the power which will soon be put into its hands? Humanity is not yet ready to receive this power. It is not in a state to make good use of it.” The events of the moment prove that this power, of which we know very little yet, and which is announced to us with such proper reserve, has little chance of serving the cause of man straight away. It will more probably be employed, or rather confiscated, for the benefit of the ambitious, the impudent, and the reckless.
