To believe that if only we had this or that we would be happy, or to pursue any excessive desire, diverts us from seeing that happiness depends on an adequate self.

Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.

What Pascal said of an effective religion is true of any effective doctrine: it must be "contrary to nature, to common sense and to pleasure.

Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about.

To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint.

To believe that if only we had this or that we would be happy, or to pursue any excessive desire, diverts us from seeing that happiness depends on an adequate self.

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.