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.

There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.

The Renaissance was a time of mercenary soldiers, ours is a time of mercenary labor.

It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.

Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay.

The ratio between supervisory and producing personnel is always highest where the intellectuals are in power. In a Communist country it takes half the population to supervise the other half.