Humans live best when each has his place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things. Destroy the place and destroy the person.

Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence.

When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's to late.

Most of us choose our companions and surroundings to reflect ourselves.

Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known.

Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.

Sympathy for the enemy -- a weakness of police and armies alike. Most perilous are the unconscious sympathies directing you to preserve your enemy intact because the enemy is your justification for existence.