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

[The designated or chosen leader tries to] articulate and justify the resentment dammed up in the souls of the frustrated. He kindles the vision of a breathtaking future so as to justify the sacrifice of a transitory present. He stages the world of make-believe so indispensable for the realization of self-sacrifice and united action.

A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.

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

The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.

Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.

Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.