“The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.”

Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.

Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.

Communists are frustrated capitalists.

The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor’s shortcomings as he is of his own.

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

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.

To change everything, simply change your attitude.

Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.

There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.

Children are the keys of paradise.

Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.

Emotions sometimes are not very reliable and they even could betray you.

The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal.

He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.

For every betrayed woman, there is always the betrayer, man.

When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.

The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from enemies, it comes from those you trust the most.

Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.

I don’t read books by people who have betrayed the Motherland.