A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.

Men of thought seldom work well together, whereas between men of action there is usually an easy camaraderie.

Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.

Where unity and self-sacrifice are indispensable for the normal functioning of society, everyday life is likely to be either religiofied (common tasks turned into holy causes) or militarized.

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.

EVERY intense desire is perhaps basically a desire to be different from what we are.