The important thing about human beings is not what they do, but why they do it.

In practice, there is nothing especially dramatic in people getting along well together.

In a business society, the emotional economy is an economy of scarcity.

... it takes a great deal to produce ennui in an Englishman and if you do, he only takes it as convincing proof that you are well-bred.

The idea is that inside every human being, however unprepossessing, there is a glorious, talented, and overwhelmingly attractive personality. Nonsense. Inside each of us is a mess of unruly, primitive impulses, and these can sometimes, under the strenuous self-discipline and dedication of art, result in notable creativity.

Equality is an unconscious assumption, and if you feel you are treating someone as an equal, then you are not doing it.

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality