History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them. It also inspires us and gives confidence and hope bred of victories already won.

Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being. It can be easily lost, but is never finally won.

It is not a persuasive argument that an evil should continue because it has existed in the past.

Strategic planning for the future is the most hopeful indication of our increasing social intelligence.

Difficulty need not foreshadow despair or defeat. Rather achievement can be all the more satisfying because of obstacles surmounted.

There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs.

You have to be there at the right time and you've got to be equipped.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

Sickness is deep within the soul of our society—and that has always been God’s exclusive territory.

The ego is a fascinating monster.

There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me.

The finest and healthiest thing about science is, as in the mountains, the brisk air blowing around in it.--The spiritually delicate (such as artists) shun and slander science owing to this air.

Public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law.

I'd been doing projects outdoors for the public. I made pigeons eat geometry by putting bread out in rhomboids and triangles. I don't know if this activity made sense, but the work was available.

A war is justified if you're willing to send your son. If you're not willing to send your son, how do you send someone else's?

The mobile market is exploding and it makes perfect sense for a media company like ours to create a real content destination for the billions of cell-phone users around the world.

A disease is farther on the road to being cured when it breaks forth from concealment and manifests its power.