The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

The aspiration toward freedom is the most essentially human of all human manifestations.

Woe to him inside a non-conformist clique who does not conform to non-conformity.

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

The feeling of being hurried is not usually the result of living a full life and having no time. It is on the contrary born of a vague fear that we are wasting our life. When we do not do the one thing we ought to do, we have no time for anything else--we are the busiest people in the world.

People haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.

No one has a right to happiness.