To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. It not infrequently happens that those who hunger for hope give their allegiance to him who offers them a grievance.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

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

It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay.

Somewhere between the Angels and the French lies the rest of humanity.

The true believer, no matter how rowdy and violent his acts, is basically an obedient and submissive person.

No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.