Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

Not to engage in this pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in which the student is the main agent, not the teacher.

Erotic or sexual love can truly be love if it is not selfishly sexual or lustful.

One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian.

More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

A good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser.

To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.

The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction.

Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.

In a society of thinking humanity, it should always be, humans first, and then Gods, Krishna or otherwise.

I'm thinking 'tis only slaves do be giving heed to the day that's gone or the day to come.

We negotiate with chaos for some sense of satisfaction.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

In truth, women are the strong ones.

Ya wanna be an artist? Make art!

Senescence begins And middle-age ends The day your descendants Outnumber your friends

Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions.

So the self under the eye lies, Attendant and withdrawn.

As with stomachs, we should pity minds that do not eat.