The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.

It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.

There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. It not infrequently happens that those who hunger for hope give their allegiance to him who offers them a grievance.

Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.

Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.

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