If one harbours anywhere in one's mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, although in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible.

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy?

The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile.

Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.

What happens to you here is forever.

the mute protest in your own bones

The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.