Before you can begin to think about politics at all, you have to abandon the notion that there is a war between good men and bad men.

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?

Stop worrying whether the grass is greener on the other side. Find out how to own the other side.

Weak needs a path to reach anywhere

Being on Facebook too much in a row is like playing chess in a black hole. You never know if the next move will lead you to a checkmate or a mate checked.

Custom is often only the antiquity of error.

There is the eternal war between those who are in the world for what they can get out of it and those who are in the world to make it a better place for everybody to live in.

What is commonly called friendship is only a little more honor among rogues.

Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't believe.

If I'm within reach and can be helpful, I have a tendency to say 'Yes.' It's hard to say 'No.

With complete consecration comes perfect peace.

One of the most responsible things you can do as an adult is to become more of a child.