“At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent.”

"The Present Outcome of Psychoanalysis", p. 196
The Denial of Death (1973)

Source: 1980s, The Ecstasy of Communication (1987), p. 57

"Discourses on Davila: A Series of Papers on Political History," No. 4 Gazette of the United States (1790–1791)
1790s, Discourses on Davila (1790)

Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)

Table-Talk (1857)
Context: Round about what is, lies a whole mysterious world of might be, — a psychological romance of possibilities and things that do not happen. By going out a few minutes sooner or later, by stopping to speak with a friend at a corner, by meeting this man or that, or by turning down this street instead of the other, we may let slip some great occasion of good, or avoid some impending evil, by which the whole current of our lives would have been changed. There is no possible solution to the dark enigma but the one word, "Providence".

Part 2: Metaphysical Rebellion
The Rebel (1951)

Source: Man and Superman