The idea that all problems either have a solution or can be shown to be pseudo-problems is not one I share.

Asking what the question is, and why the question is asked, is always asking a pertinent question.

Neither the good nor the true is self-realizing, so it is not generally a sufficient explanation of why people believe that X is true, or of why people do Y that Y is good.

The Kantian philosophy is no more than at best a half-secularized version of such a theocratic ethics, with "Reason" in the place of God. This does not amount to much more than a change of names.

One way ... in which a political philosophy can be ideological is by presenting a relatively marginal issue as if it were central and essential.

A confident leader is like a duck. Above the water, he is calm and poised while below the water, he is driven by a flurry of focused activity.

Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not.

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.

its a rare thing to know one completly to the core and stil love him

Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society.

I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament - to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and reconnected to the people we serve.

I've never really been a part of anything but my own project.

Caring about what you are doing is considered either unimportant or taken for granted.

If it's not broken, break it. That's how new discoveries are made. That's why everything that changes life is called a breakthrough.

Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.