Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.

The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On the other hand, the real "have nots" are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor.

The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled by it.

Excesses are essentially gestures. It is easy to be extremely cruel, magnanimous, humble or self-sacrificing when we see ourselves as actors in a performance.

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

Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

Radicalism itself ceases to be radical when absorbed mainly in preserving its control over a society or an economy.