There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement.

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.

Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.

What Pascal said of an effective religion is true of any effective doctrine: it must be "contrary to nature, to common sense and to pleasure.

There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.

We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. We need as much something to suffer for as something to live for.

A man by himself is in bad company.