It is a paradox that in our time of drastic rapid change, when the future is in our midst devouring the present before our eyes, we have never been less certain about what is ahead of us.

There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.

It is to escape the responsibility for failure that the weak so eagerly throw themselves into grandiose undertakings.

The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is only the few who can acquire a sense of worth by developing and employing their capacities and talents. The majority prove their worth by keeping busy.

The majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life.

Excesses are essentially gestures. It is easy to be extremely cruel, magnanimous, humble or self-sacrificing when we see ourselves as actors in a performance.

In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.