The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

Freedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the passivity and predictability of matter. By this test, absolute power is the manifestation most inimical to human uniqueness. Absolute power wants to turn people into malleable clay.

Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.

Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.

To the old, the new is usually bad news.