Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.

The effectiveness of a doctrine does not come from its meaning but from its certitude. No doctrine however profound and sublime will be effective unless it is presented as the embodiment of the one and only truth

It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.

To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium.

Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.

When we debunk a fanatical faith or prejudice, we do not strike at the root of fanaticism. We merely prevent its leaking out at a certain point, with the likely result that it will leak out at some other point.

There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and the vague stirrings of decency that go with individual judgment.