We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

We can be satisfied with moderate confidence in ourselves and with a moderately good opinion of ourselves, but the faith we have in a holy cause has to be extravagant and uncompromising.

Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.

EVERY intense desire is perhaps basically a desire to be different from what we are.

...the majority of people cannot endure the bareness and futility of their lives unless they have some ardent dedication, or some passionate pursuit in which they can lose themselves.

What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.

To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief from the burdens of willing, deciding and being responsible for inevitable failure. They willingly abdicate the directing of their lives to those who want to plan, command and shoulder all responsibility.