The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.
To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need of our civilisation.
God and Satan alike are essentially human figures, the one a projection of ourselves, the other of our enemies.
The satisfaction to be derived from success in a great constructive enterprise is one of the most massive that life has to offer.
No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid.
As men begin to grow civilized, they cease to be satisfied with mere taboos.
What vanity needs for its satisfaction is glory, and it's easy to have glory without power.