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

The feeling of being hurried is not usually the result of living a full life and having no time. It is on the contrary born of a vague fear that we are wasting our life. When we do not do the one thing we ought to do, we have no time for anything else--we are the busiest people in the world.

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

The true believer, no matter how rowdy and violent his acts, is basically an obedient and submissive person.

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

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 no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.