Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

To a man utterly without a sense of belonging, mere life is all that matters. It is the only reality in an eternity of nothingness, and he clings to it with shameless despair.

Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question. Social stagnation results not from a lack of answers but from the absence of the impulse to ask questions.

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

A man by himself is in bad company.

It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.

For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.