Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.

The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.

[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.

To believe that if only we had this or that we would be happy, or to pursue any excessive desire, diverts us from seeing that happiness depends on an adequate self.

The effectiveness of a doctrine does not come from its meaning but from its certitude. No doctrine however profound and sublime will be effective unless it is presented as the embodiment of the one and only truth

In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.