A man's worth is what he is divided by what he thinks he is.

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

Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question. Social stagnation results not from a lack of answers but from the absence of the impulse to ask questions.

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

A soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its own. Miserliness is here a symptom of meagerness.

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

The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that the surrendering and humbling of the self breed pride and arrogance. The true believer is apt to see himself as one of the chosen, the salt of the earth, a prince disguised in meekness, who is destined to inherit this earth and the kingdom of heaven, too. He who is not of his faith is evil; he who will not listen shall perish.