A plant needs roots in order to grow. With man it is the other way around: only when he grows does he have roots and feels at home in the world.

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.

The majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life.

The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.

Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous.