Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.

To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.

The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them.

Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.

In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.

There is no such thing as an “independent artist”. All artists are essentially co-dependent of the audience.

Sometimes losing a series regular, if you're going to replace them with another series regular, that will put added pressure on your budget.

All growth depends upon activity.

I would leave at once, but it would be cruel to abandon a lady in a foreign land with a maniac.

You can't be passionate when you feel like it. You have to be passionate about your job, product or cause all the time. There's no off switch on a tiger.

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.

God freely forgives us on account of Christnot on account of our works, contrition, confession, or satisfactions.

As long as my ballets are danced, I will live.

Nothing worth having comes easy.