1. “We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.”
2. “Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.”
3. “To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.”
4. “You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.”
5. “Every great cause begins as a moment, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
6. “It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.”
7. “We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.”
8. “A movement is pioneered by men of words, materialized by fanatics and consolidated by men of action.”
9. “Absolute faith corrupts as absolute power.”
10. “People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kick them.”
11. “When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.”
12. “Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.”
13. “The greatest weariness comes from work not done.”
14. “The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”
15. “Anger is the prelude to courage.”
16. “Every extreme attitude is a flight from the self.”
17. “Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.”
18. “Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel proceeding within us.”
19. “The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.”
20. “The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.”
21. “Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.”
22. “Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.”
23. “Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.”
24. “When people become bored it is primarily with themselves.”
25. “Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.”
26. “A man by himself is in a bad company.”
27. “Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them o deceive themselves.”
28. “A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.”
29. “Animals often strike us as passionate machines.”
30. “The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.”
