Science and knowledge, especially that of philosophy, came from the Arabs into the West.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.

What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.

I have the courage to be mistaken.

All education is the art of making men ethical (sittlich), of transforming the old Adam into the new Adam.

To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them.

Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that mankind enjoyed.

Real life is only ever just real life. Messy. What it means depends on how you look at it. The only thing you’ve got to do is find a way to live there.

You do well to have visions of a better life than of every day but it is the life of every day from which the elements of a better life must come.

We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.

I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed Dolly Parton was my mother and I was a bottle baby.

You can pray for whatever you want, but it is always best to pray for others, not for yourself.

Effective results come from knowing what's in it for them. What's your community there for and how you can nurture it?

Video can seem like just another challenge to overcome, but I see a major increase in my business and brand awareness, all from the power of video.

This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity.

I know this for sure, that doing good actually makes you better.

If I should die this very day, Don't cry...cause on Earth We wasn't meant to stay.