The purpose of philosophers is to show people what is right under their noses.

The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.

Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.

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

Language was invented to ask questions.

How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty.

To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our inadequate and blemished selves. Excessive desire is thus a means of suppressing our sense of worthlessness.