Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
It is not at all simple to understand the simple.
Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken.
No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend.
The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.
Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.
Man is a luxury loving animal.
Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause.
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest.
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbour.
