Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.

A low capacity for getting along with those near us often goes hand in hand with a high receptivity to the idea of the brotherhood of men.

We can remember minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened to us.

A doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The fanatical believer is not conscious of his envy, malice, pettiness and dishonesty. There is a wall of words between his consciousness and his real self.

It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.

The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow - by the tilt of the social landscape.

Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden.