Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.

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.

Creativity is discontent translated into arts.

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.

We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.

The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.

Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.