The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

A successful social technique consists perhaps in finding unobjectionable means for individual self-assertion.

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness. The remarkable thing is that the cessation of the inner dialogue marks also the end of our concern with the world around us. It is as if we noted the world and think about it only when we have to report it to ourselves.

Unlimited opportunities can be as potent a cause of frustration as a paucity or lack of opportunities.

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

The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.