Persians were the first to take a broad and comprehensive view of history. (Location 61)
“Mankind ought constantly to be striving to produce great men—this and nothing else is its duty.”) (Location 75)
He assumes that Christianity, as a product of the resentment of the botched and the weak, has put in ban all that is beautiful, strong, proud, and powerful, in fact all the qualities resulting from strength, and that, in consequence, all forces which tend to promote or elevate life have been seriously undermined. (Location 84)
“All that proceeds from power is good, all that springs from weakness is bad.” (Location 91)
Lo! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that hath gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it. (Location 265)
