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

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.

Those who are in love with the present can be cruel and corrupt but not genuinely vicious. They cannot be methodically and consistently ruthless.

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

Every extreme attitude is a fight from the self.

The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On the other hand, the real "have nots" are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor.

It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible.