It is part of the formidableness of a genuine mass movement that the self-sacrifice it promotes includes also a sacrifice of some of the moral sense, which cramps and restrains our nature.

Imitation is often a shortcut to a solution. We copy when we lack the inclination, the ability or the time to work out an independent solution. People in a hurry will imitate more readily than people at leisure. Hustling thus tends to produce uniformity. And in the deliberate fusing of individuals into a compact group, incessant action will play a considerable role.

Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

Successful action tends to become an end in itself.

Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.