We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest.

Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

Propaganda ... serves more to justify ourselves than to convince others; and the more reason we have to feel guilty, the more fervent our propaganda.

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.

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

Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.