He who has lost only those of whose faith and truth he is sure, has not yet reached the depth of human desolation.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.

A Platonic friendship is perhaps only possible when one or other of the Platonists is in love with a third person.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

It is by character and not by intellect the world is won.

The crowning blessing of life-to be born with a bias to some pursuit.

All men now allow that if any human power could have stemmed the avalanche of the French Revolution, it would have been the reforms of Turgot.

There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.

Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

He that cannot reason is a fool.

One discovers a friend by chance, and cannot but feel regret that 20 or 30 years of life may have been spent without the least knowledge of him.

I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect.

Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.

When I was 13, 14, 15, I had played in a couple of jazz ensembles. I didn't know anything about harmony, about II-V-I, though I had learned my scales with Caesar [DiMauro].

Be creative. Men only learnt how to fly when they stopped imitating birds.

There Is No God. This negation must be understood solely to affect a creative Deity. The hypothesis of a pervading Spirit co-eternal with the universe remains unshaken.

I’m glad you think so. I’ve always considered my sense of humor to be largely underappreciated, so it’s nice to finally meet a fan.

I like the idea that a song can be something that you can lean on, both for the songwriter and for the person who hears the song.