It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.

Far more critical than what we know or what we don't know is what we don't want to know.

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.

There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.

Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.