The conservatism of a religion - it's orthodoxy - is the inert coagulum of a once highly reactive sap.

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.

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.

A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.

Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden.

Without a sense of proportion there can be neither good taste nor genuine intelligence, nor perhaps moral integrity.

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.