Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.

Nothing is forever. Except atoms.

You have to let go to better embrace the best.

You must learn to overcome your cowardice, and put God, His principles and the things of His kingdom, that you are called to establish, first in your life

If imagination is your wealth, then ideas are your abode.

If practicality and morality are polarized and you must choose, you must do what you think is right, rather than what you think is practical.

It is a mark of maturity to deal with the problem rather than suppress it

Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the rain, when it snows in your nose you catch cold in your brain.

It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.

Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.

Never feel guilty about reading, it's what you do to do your job.