The effectiveness of a doctrine does not come from its meaning but from its certitude. No doctrine however profound and sublime will be effective unless it is presented as the embodiment of the one and only truth

Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.

Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity.

To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.

Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.

It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.

Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.