A low capacity for getting along with those near us often goes hand in hand with a high receptivity to the idea of the brotherhood of men.

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

It is also plausible that those movements with the greatest inner contradiction and between profession and practice - that is to say with a strong feeling of guilt - are likely to be the most fervent in imposing their faith on others.

Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience... The desire to escape or camouflage their unsatisfactory selves develops in the frustrated a facility for pretending -- for making a show -- and also a readiness to identify themselves wholly with an imposing spectacle.

When hopes and dreams are loose in the streets, it is well for the timid to lock doors, shutter windows and lie low until the wrath has passed.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.