Even in slight things the experience of the new is rarely without some stirring of foreboding.

Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.

All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites serve not only to down its enemies but also to strip its followers of their distinct individuality and render them more soluble in the collective medium.

Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the creative individual cannot grow up because he keeps growing.

We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. We need as much something to suffer for as something to live for.

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

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