Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.

In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.

Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel proceeding within us.

The unpredictability inherent in human affairs is due largely to the fact that the by-products of a human process are more fateful than the product.

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

The leader personifies the certitude of the creed and the defiance and grandeur of power. He articulates and justifies the resentment damned up in the souls of the frustrated. He kindles the vision of a breath-taking future so as to justify the sacrifice of a transitory present. He stages a world of make-believe so indispensable for the realization of self-sacrifice and united action.

If the Communists win Europe and a large part of the world, it will not be because they know how to stir up discontent or how to infect people with hatred, but because they know how to preach hope.