Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.

What is much harder to handle is the sense that you have to live up to the mark someone else has set for you. The grades become too important, the competition too frantic, the fear of disappointing those who believe in you turns into an overwhelming nightmare.

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us.

All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.