It is to escape the responsibility for failure that the weak so eagerly throw themselves into grandiose undertakings.

Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.

EVERY intense desire is perhaps basically a desire to be different from what we are.

It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.

Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.