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

Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.

EVERY intense desire is perhaps basically a desire to be different from what we are.

The conservatism of a religion - it's orthodoxy - is the inert coagulum of a once highly reactive sap.

The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others.

We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something to say, but all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice when we have nothing to say and want desperately to say it.

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.