Far more critical than what we know or what we don't know is what we don't want to know.

When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.

There is a radicalism in all getting, and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative.

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our inadequate and blemished selves. Excessive desire is thus a means of suppressing our sense of worthlessness.

We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.

Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.