The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy takes the place of greed.

Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.

Where unity and self-sacrifice are indispensable for the normal functioning of society, everyday life is likely to be either religiofied (common tasks turned into holy causes) or militarized.

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

Totalitarianism spells simplification: an enormous reduction in the variety of aims, motives, interests, human types, and, above all, in the categories and units of power.

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.