I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is the origin of sexual interest, rather than the other way.

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.

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

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.

Failure comes from fear. Success comes from boldness and persistence.

Organ donation is very personal to me. My mother, before her death, was on kidney dialysis for several years.

For me, restrictions are not always negative. Restrictions can push creativity. I like restrictions.

When men make gods, there is no God!

Young people don't have a fantasy life anymore, not the way we did. All they've got is Kojak and Dirty Harry. There's all these kids running around wanting to be killer cops.

Are not poets men who fulfill their hopes prematurely?

Billy Gilbert hit a kamikaze back pass which Justin Fashinu pounced on like a black Frank Bruno

As a modern employer you have to treat people well.

Moira was like an elevator with open sides. She made us dizzy.

The man who, for party, forsakes righteousness, goes down; and the armed battalions of God march over him.