Fair play with others is primarily the practice of not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. We tend to rub our guilty conscience against others the way we wipe dirty fingers on a rag. This is as evil a misuse of others as the practice of exploitation.

It is the pull of opposite poles that stretches souls. And only stretched souls make music.

Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous.

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success

We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.