We can never have enough of that which we really do not want.

A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed, and wasted at will.

We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.

The sense of inferiority inherent in the act of imitation breeds resentment. The impulse of the imitators is to overcome the model they imitate.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

Action is basically a reaction against loss of balance - a flailing of the arms to to regain one's balance. To dispose a soul to action, we must upset its equilibrium.

There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.