 The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. |
| A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed. |
| Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. |
| Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing. |
| The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. |
| Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains. |
| Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous. |
| Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible. |
| We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about. |
| It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny. |
| There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house. |
| The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop. |
| It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. |
| Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. |
| Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. |
| It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt. |
| The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle. |
| It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents. |
| Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play. |
| We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind. |
