It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.

Even in slight things the experience of the new is rarely without some stirring of foreboding.

To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our inadequate and blemished selves. Excessive desire is thus a means of suppressing our sense of worthlessness.

Ideas have significance for him only as a prelude to action.

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.

The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the building stones of explosives, stimulants, poisons, opiates, perfumes and stenches.

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.