The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.
One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.
Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.
If you want a Big Brother, you get all that comes with it.
The essential difference between the unhappy, neurotic type person and him of great joy is the difference between get and give.
Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.