Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.

There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses.

Rudeness is the weak man's limitation of strength.

We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But we always look for allies when we hate.

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.

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