Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.

We are ready to die for an opinion but not for a fact

It is a juvenile notion that a society needs a lofty purpose and a shining vision to achieve much. Both in the market place and on the battlefield men who set their hearts on toys have often displayed unequal initiative and drive. And one must be ignorant of the creative process to look for a close correspondence between motive and achievement in the world of thought and imagination.

Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.

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

A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.