The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.

We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves.

The superficiality of many is a result of deep fears. It takes spare time to think things out; it takes free time to mature. People in a hurry may not think well or mature well. The next best is a state of perpetual puerility.

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

There can be no freedom without freedom to fail.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.