A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

The genuine artist is as much a dissatisfied person as the revolutionary, yet how diametrically opposed are the products each distills from his dissatisfaction.

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.

Where unity and self-sacrifice are indispensable for the normal functioning of society, everyday life is likely to be either religiofied (common tasks turned into holy causes) or militarized.

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

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.

[The designated or chosen leader tries to] articulate and justify the resentment dammed up in the souls of the frustrated. He kindles the vision of a breathtaking future so as to justify the sacrifice of a transitory present. He stages the world of make-believe so indispensable for the realization of self-sacrifice and united action.