Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is only the few who can acquire a sense of worth by developing and employing their capacities and talents. The majority prove their worth by keeping busy.

Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.

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

We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs subordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent.