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

It is a paradox that in our time of drastic rapid change, when the future is in our midst devouring the present before our eyes, we have never been less certain about what is ahead of us.

The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way.

Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.

Those who are in love with the present can be cruel and corrupt but not genuinely vicious. They cannot be methodically and consistently ruthless.

Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.

A just society must strive with all its might to right wrongs even if righting wrongs is a highly perilous undertaking. But if it is to survive, a just society must be strong and resolute enough to deal swiftly and relentlessly with those who would mistake its good will for weakness.