We are in the first age since the dawn of civilization in which people have dared to think it practicable to make the benefits of civilization available to the whole human race.

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domestic plants and animals but rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves.

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.

Civilization is a movement - not a condition a voyage - not a harbour.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition a voyage and not a harbor.

The history of almost every civilization furnishes examples of geographical expansion coinciding with deterioration in quality.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

To subject every private family to the odious visits and examination of the tax-gatherers ... would be altogether inconsistent with liberty.

Except for events that carry great weight, it is not experience per se, but how they match expectations, that governs their emotional impact

I have had the privilege of losing everything.

What counts isn't being able to do a thing, it's seeing what it is. Seeing is the decisive act, and ultimately it places the maker and the viewer on the same level.

If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

If you know each other well, you want to do business with people you know well. You don't do business with strangers.

Diversification is your buddy.

My first hip-hop performance was at Carnegie Hall with Wyclef, ... I got a little feature and he announced me as the 'hip-hop violinist.' The next night I played at the Apollo.

The most patriotic thing you can do is to take care of the environment and try to live sustainably.