Quotes from Walther Rathenau

Je problematischer der Charakter, desto problemloser erscheint ihm die Welt.

We are not here for the sake of possessions, or of power. Or of happiness, but we are here to transfigure the divine out of human spirit.

Always assume your opponent to be smarter than you.

Truth is inner harmony.

A man must be strong enough to mold the peculiarity of his imperfections into the perfection of his peculiarities.

Three hundred men, each of whom knows all the other, govern the fate of the European continent, and they elect their successors from their entourage.

Three hundred men, all of whom know one another, direct the economic destiny of Europe and choose their successors from among themselves.