He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Envy is the antagonist of the fortunate.

No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised me as a martyr; the Church established by law transformed me into an unbeliever and an antagonist.

This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.

At last, Mythic feeling and conscious perception no longer confront each other as antagonists but as allies. Passionate nationalism is no longer directed toward tribal, dynastic or theological loyalties, but toward that primal substance, the racially based nationhood itself. Here is the message which will one day melt away all dross, eliminate all that is base, and bring into being all that is noble.