“When this reality, the one and only power that checks and disciplines man from within, vanishes because belief in it is slackening, the social domain falls prey to passions. The ensuing vacuum is filled by the gas of emotion. Everyone proclaims what best suits his interests, his whims, his intellectual manias. To escape the void and the perplexities of his own soul, a man will rush to join any party standard that is being carried through the streets. With society gone there remain only parties.” PassionSocietyPartiesConcord Book:Concord and Liberty Source: Concord and Liberty
“Let others think what they like: for me, the culmination of life consists of a pure and subtly dramatic passion.” LifePassionCulmination Book:On Love: Aspects of a Single Theme Source: On Love: Aspects of a Single Theme