There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.

I have come to believe that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.

Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definitions.

Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.

Balance is what distinguishs a people from a mob.