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

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.

All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites serve not only to down its enemies but also to strip its followers of their distinct individuality and render them more soluble in the collective medium.

Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent.

...in the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything.

The most troublesome problem which confronts social engineering is how to provide for the untalented and, what is equally important, how to provide against them.

We are ready to die for an opinion but not for a fact