The examined life has always been pretty well confined to a privileged class.

Those who love the young best stay young longer.

So much of learning to be an American is learning not to let your individuality become a nuisance.

It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to.

Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetuated by legitimate authority, they also regard violence against certain kinds of people as inherently legitimate, no matter who commits it.

Juvenile delinquency serves many purposes, including that of providing sadistic adults with fantasies suited to their special tastes.

Human life is a continuous thread which each of us spins to his own pattern, rich and complex in meaning. There are no natural knots in it. Yet knots form, nearly always in adolescence.