There can be no freedom without freedom to fail.

With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.

To make of human affairs a coherent, precise, predictable whole one must ignore or suppress man as he really is. It is by eliminating man from their equation that the makers of history can predict the future, and the writers of history can give a pattern to the past.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

When you automate an industry you modernize it; when you automate a life you primitivize it.