We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But we always look for allies when we hate.

[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.

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one's own life

It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow - by the tilt of the social landscape.