I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this, I wonder what answer they give.

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.

I take my actions because of my passion not because of compulsion.

A good leader is known by ‘his qualities’ not ‘his authorities’.

A man is known by the company he keeps.

Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There’s always room at the top in every pursuit.

Recognize reality even when you don't like it-especially when you don't like it.

We are suffering from a kind of slow-motion barbarization from within.

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.

I have never planned to have babies by a certain age.

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.