The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.

No one has a right to happiness.

Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.

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 only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

When we do not do the one thing we ought to do, we have no time for anything else - we are the busiest people in the world.

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