That which corrodes the souls of the persecuted is the monstrous inner agreement with the prevailing prejudice against them.

What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.

Humility is not renunciation of pride but the substitution of one pride for another.

A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for self-renunciation.

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary tools. Art is older than production for use, and play older than work. Man was shaped less by what he had to do than by what he did in playful moments. It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities.