And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.

Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost.

The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.

I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring.

It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill.

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

The modern clercs have created in so-called cultivated society a positive romanticism of harshness. The have also created a romanticism of contempt.

The modern moralists extol ... the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life.

Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared.

How do we change the world? By sending out a ripple of love that will affect one person at a time.

Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep his memory alive.

Commerce unites; religion divides.

He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.

I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.

A little bit of this town goes a very long way.

In the last 100 years since the invention of sound reproduction, music has really taken off and it is much more a common language because of records and transportation.

I always hold doors open, I always try to be nice.

I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.

As you get older, all those dumb clichés, they're all true. You only have a certain amount of time left, and you should only spend it doing the things that you want to do. It's all true.