Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about.

To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our inadequate and blemished selves. Excessive desire is thus a means of suppressing our sense of worthlessness.

The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.

That which corrodes the souls of the persecuted is the monstrous inner agreement with the prevailing prejudice against them.

Ideas have significance for him only as a prelude to action.

It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.