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

There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.

The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.

To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief from the burdens of willing, deciding and being responsible for inevitable failure. They willingly abdicate the directing of their lives to those who want to plan, command and shoulder all responsibility.

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.

The Renaissance was a time of mercenary soldiers, ours is a time of mercenary labor.