A man by himself is in bad company.

It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned.

It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.

The autonomous individual, striving to realize himself and prove his worth, has created all that is great in literature, art, music, science and technology. The autonomous individual, also, when he can neither realize himself nor justify his existence by his own efforts, is a breeding call of frustration, and the seed of the convulsions which shake our world to its foundations.

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.

We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest.

A person's creative ability decreases in direct proportion to the degree to which he takes himself seriously.