Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...