The aspiration toward freedom is the most essentially human of all human manifestations.

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

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

The difficult and risky task of meeting and mastering the new . . . is not undertaken by the vanguard of society but by its rear. It is the misfits, failures, fugitives, outcasts and their like who are among the first to grapple with the new.

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.

A person's creative ability decreases in direct proportion to the degree to which he takes himself seriously.

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