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.

People in a hurry cannot think, cannot grow, nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility.

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.

The true believer, no matter how rowdy and violent his acts, is basically an obedient and submissive person.

There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and the vague stirrings of decency that go with individual judgment.

A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.