Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.

The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

There is no reason to believe that the nature of the violent minorities is now greatly different from what it was in the past. What has changed is the will and ability of the majority to react.

The genuine artist is as much a dissatisfied person as the revolutionary, yet how diametrically opposed are the products each distills from his dissatisfaction.

Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.