Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.
Power corrupts the few while weakness corrupts the many.
In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists.
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flat...
There is a radicalism in all getting and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical while marriage is conservative.
We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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.
One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.
It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.