An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.

Rudeness is the weak man's limitation of strength.

Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.

Where unity and self-sacrifice are indispensable for the normal functioning of society, everyday life is likely to be either religiofied (common tasks turned into holy causes) or militarized.

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation.

The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.