Honor Is Decency Without Vanity.

Aggressiveness Is Not The Main Trouble With The Human Species, But Rather An Excess Capacity For Fanatical Devotion.

From The Psychological Point Of View, The Self-asserting Emotions, Derived From Emergency Reactions, Involve A Narrowing Of Consciousness; The Participatory Emotions An Expansion Of Consciousness By Identificatory Processes Of Various Kinds.

Among All Forms Of Mentation, Verbal Thinking Is The Most Articulate, The Most Complex, And The Most Vulnerable To Infectious Diseases. It Is Liable To Absorb Whispered Suggestions, And To Incorporate Them As Hidden Persuaders Into The Code.

Indeed, The Ideal For A Well-functioning Democratic State Is Like The Ideal For A Gentleman's Well-cut Suit It Is Not Noticed. For The Common People Of Britain, Gestapo And Concentration Camps Have Approximately The Same Degree Of Reality As The Monster Of Loch Ness. Atrocity Propaganda Is Helpless Against This Healthy Lack Of Imagination.

One May Not Regard The World As A Sort Of Metaphysical Brothel For Emotions.