Freedom is the fundamental character of the will, as weight is of matter... That which is free is the will. Will without freedom is an empty word.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.

What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.

I have the courage to be mistaken.

All education is the art of making men ethical (sittlich), of transforming the old Adam into the new Adam.

To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them.

Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that mankind enjoyed.

I danced as he twirled in and out of consciousness, and there we were, one in love and the other astray.

And most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another, being oft associated, until not even obituary notices them do part.

Well, sir, it is precisely my notion that one sees and learns most of all by observing our younger generations.

Monopolies are bad and deserve their reputation when things are static and the monopolies function as toll collectors... But I think they're quite positive when they're dynamic and do something new.

If there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.

Hate is only conquered by love.

Greenspan wants to go out quietly.

It sure looks good to see an honest-to-goodness audience after looking at you all for so long from the silver screen

I travel backwards and forwards quite a lot. I live very near to the train station. I'm kind of playing at being an expatriate, I suppose.

It is less what one is that should matter, than what one is not.