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.

When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.

A man's worth is what he is divided by what he thinks he is.

There is nothing more explosive than a skilled population condemned to inaction. Such a population is likely to become a hotbed of extremism and intolerance, and be receptive to any proselytizing ideology, however absurd and vicious, which promises vast action.

One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.

The purpose of philosophers is to show people what is right under their noses.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.