“A great man is one that can develop convictions in solitude and carry them out in a crowd.”

“You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought”

“Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid”

“No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist”

“Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit.”

“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas”