“إن اليأس الذي تسببه البطالة لا ينبع من خوف الفقر فحسب ، وإنما من مواجهة مستقبل من الفراغ. والعاطلون ينزعون إلى اتباع الذين يبيعونهم الأمل قبل اتباع الذين يقدمون لهم العون”

“أولست من اتباع محمد ؟ ليس لمحمد اتباع فاشلون مطلقا , ليس لمحمد الخاتم اتباع تقليديون”

“شرور الحياة "الفقراء" الذين لا يحبون أحداً من البشر و لا يحبهم أحد و يجثمون فوق صدر الحياة ينفثون فيها أحقادهم و كراهيتهم للجميع .. فادع لهم معي بالثراء العاطفي الذي يخلصهم من جدبهم .. و للحياة بالتخلص من شرورهم .. إن أصروا على الفقر "اللهم استجب”

“Even the sober desire for progress is sustained by faith—faith in the intrinsic goodness of human nature and in the omnipotence of science. It is a defiant and blasphemous faith, not unlike that held by the men who set out to build a "city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven" and who believed that "nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”

“If the Communists win Europe and a large part of the world, it will not be because they know how to stir up discontent or how to infect people with hatred, but because they know how to preach hope.”

“One thing I know beyond doubt. Had [Babbage] overheard someone he respected praise him highly it would have sweetened life for him for more than a day. We are starved for praise. It reconciles us with life. . . . Self-doubt is at the core of our being. We need people who by their attitude and words will convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are. Hence the vital role of judicious praise.”

“The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.”