To lose one's life is but to lose the present; and, clearly, to lose a defiled, worthless present is not to lose much.

Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel proceeding within us.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

There are many who have grave scruples about deceiving but think it as nothing to deceive themselves.

Both Faith and Terror are instruments for the elimination of individual self-respect. Terror crushes the autonomy of self-respect, where Faith obtains its more or less voluntary surrender. In both cases, the result of the elimination of individual autonomy is - automatism. Both Faith and Terror reduce the human entity to a formula that can be manipulated at will.

Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others.

Unlimited opportunities can be as potent a cause of frustration as a paucity or lack of opportunities.