To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by knowledge.

The history of man so far is nothing to brag about, from the standpoint of our ideas - and what I mean is, that in comparison with most other societies, our present-day American society has achieved things which are remarkable: material wealth, greater than for any other nation; a relative freedom from oppression; a relative mobility; a spreading of art, of music, of thought, which is also rather unique.

Politics and religious leaders [are hindered] by their egotism.

From my personal experience I can conclude that many dreams are clearly written but there are some in which one meets distortions to decipher. And it is really in knowing when one must prefer the one or the other approach, or a combination of the two, that remains one of the important elements of the art of dream interpretation.

An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality.

The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have.

To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.