There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

Anger is a prelude to courage.

Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.

...That genius is a rare exception (:) It's not true. Talent and genius have been wasted on enormous scale throughout our history; this is all I know for sure.

It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. Hatred, malice, rudeness, intolerance, and suspicion are the faults of weakness. The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from their sense of inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.

Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.

Mass movements do not usually rise until the prevailing order has been discredited.