The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.

The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.

If the Communists win Europe and a large part of the world, it will not be because they know how to stir up discontent or how to infect people with hatred, but because they know how to preach hope.

Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

The purpose of philosophers is to show people what is right under their noses.

Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.