The true believer, no matter how rowdy and violent his acts, is basically an obedient and submissive person.

It is always safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they seem.

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.

In a modern society people can live without hope only when kept dazed and out of breath by incessant hustling.

It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.

Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.

People in a hurry cannot think, cannot grow, nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility.