Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking

The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.

It was my kingdom. And when enemies attack your kingdom, you don’t flee. You show them why it’s your kingdom.

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment.

As far as the arts and the sciences are concerned, the German mind appreciates most highly that which it does not understand of the latter, and that which it does not enjoy of the former.

I practice selfless giving not because I'm remarkable but just because I find that its terrifically fun!

You can't arrest me, I'm a rockstar.

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.

I'm the best player in the NBA.

The only reason you are not yet a saint is because you do not wholly want to be one.