Architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and poetry, may truly be called the efflorescence of civilised life.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

All Socialism involves slavery.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

Who dare tries is a success, and shall master the art of conquering dreams.

...and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still.

There is no shortcut to confidence building

He did not like saying it. To communicate a fact seemed always to lend it fuller existence.

There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.

I know that I may not always get a hit or may not always catch the ball, but I'm going to damn sure try.

Never before has the gap between what we can imagine and what we can accomplish been smaller.

I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm able to, that's why no one can tell me anything negative about myself.

Well . . . sure good to be together again. Arguing. Almost dying. Abject terror. Oh, look. It's our floor.

It's no surprise to me that intellectuals commit suicide, go mad or die from drink. We feel things more than other people. We know the world is rotten and that chins are ruined by spots.