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

Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others.

Faith in humanity, in posterity, in the destiny of one's religion, nation, race, party or family-what is it but the visualization of that eternal something to which we attach the self that is about to be annihilated?

Unlimited opportunities can be as potent a cause of frustration as a paucity or lack of opportunities.

An easygoing person is probably more accessible to the realization of eternity--the endless flow of life and death--than one who takes his prospects and duties overseriously. It is the overserious who are truly frivolous.

Imitation is often a shortcut to a solution. We copy when we lack the inclination, the ability or the time to work out an independent solution. People in a hurry will imitate more readily than people at leisure. Hustling thus tends to produce uniformity. And in the deliberate fusing of individuals into a compact group, incessant action will play a considerable role.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.