They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society.

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

All mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful and the realities of the world. They do this by claiming that the ultimate and absolute truth is already embodied in their doctrine and that there is no truth nor certitude outside it. The facts on which the true believer bases his conclusions must not be derived from his experience or observation but from holy writ.

We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence.

Never have the young taken themselves so seriously, and the calamity is that they are listened to and deferred to by so many adults.

Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.

Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.