All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites serve not only to down its enemies but also to strip its followers of their distinct individuality and render them more soluble in the collective medium.

Fair play with others is primarily the practice of not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. We tend to rub our guilty conscience against others the way we wipe dirty fingers on a rag. This is as evil a misuse of others as the practice of exploitation.

An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.

First something is a great idea, then it becomes a cause, then it becomes a business and finally it becomes a racket.

Vaguely at first, then more distinctly, I realized that man is an eternal stranger on this planet.

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.

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