In 1902 I left the A.E.G. in order to enter finance. I joined the management of one of our big banks, the Berliner Handelsge-Sellschaft, and reorgani…

- Walther Rathenau

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

- Walther Rathenau

Always assume your opponent to be smarter than you.

- Walther Rathenau

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.

- Walther Rathenau

There in the midst of German life is an alien and isolated race of men. Loud and self-conscious in their dress, hot-blooded and restless in their man…

- Walther Rathenau

Three hundred men, who all know each other direct the economic destinies of the Continent and they look for successors among their friends and relati…

- Walther Rathenau

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

- Walther Rathenau

Truth is inner harmony.

- Walther Rathenau

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.

- Walther Rathenau