Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be moods -moods of the masses and moods of individuals, the latter no less fickle and unreliable than the former -but no opinion.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

Goodness that comes out of hiding and assumes a public role is no longer good, but corrupt in its own terms and will carry its own corruption wherever it goes.

Thinking does not lead to truth; truth is the beginning of thought.

Nietzsche ... has caused [philosophers] so much confusion.

The saving grace of all really great gifts is that the persons who bear their burden remain superior to what they have done, at least as long as the source of creativity is alive.

These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.