A peculiar side of credulity is that it is often joined with a proneness to imposture. The association of believing and lying is not characteristic solely of children. They inability or unwillingness to see things as they are promotes both gullibility and charlatanism.

The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.

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

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.

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

The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.

Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous.