Freedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the passivity and predictability of matter. By this test, absolute power is the manifestation most inimical to human uniqueness. Absolute power wants to turn people into malleable clay.

We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.

The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.

Resistance, whether to one's appetites or to the ways of the world, is a chief factor in the shaping of character.

The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow - by the tilt of the social landscape.

A low capacity for getting along with those near us often goes hand in hand with a high receptivity to the idea of the brotherhood of men.

There can be no freedom without freedom to fail.