It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.
Mass movements do not usually rise until the prevailing order has been discredited.
Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.
It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.
Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.