It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.

There is no reason to believe that the nature of the violent minorities is now greatly different from what it was in the past. What has changed is the will and ability of the majority to react.

In human affairs every solution serves only to sharpen the problem, to show us more clearly what we are up against. There are no final solutions.

When you automate an industry you modernize it; when you automate a life you primitivize it.

A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.

We see through others only when we see through ourselves.