We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical read more

We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs inordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.

To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.

To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.

We cannot hate those who we despise.

We cannot hate those who we despise.

Who speaks reason to his fellow man bestows it upon them.

Who speaks reason to his fellow man bestows it upon them.

Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus read more

Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination.

Brain-washing starts in the cradle.

Brain-washing starts in the cradle.

...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.

No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.

We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries greater read more

We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries greater weight than our self-interest.