The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest.

The ignorant are a reservoir of daring. It almost seems that those who have yet to discover the known are particularly equipped for dealing with the unknown. The unlearned have often rushed in where the learned feared to tread, and it is the credulous who are tempted to attempt the impossible. They know not whither they are going, and give chance a chance.

The urge to escape our real self is also an urge to escape the rational and the obvious.

Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment. The crypto-businessman is the true revolutionary in a Communist country.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

We are ready to die for an opinion but not for a fact