What each man does is based not on direct and certain knowledge, but on pictures made by himself or given to him...

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking

The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

Mediation on the Scriptures will renew your mind.

I will pursue my dreams with all my strength.

The real difference between men is energy.

You're off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be monsters.

Mistress-like, its brilliance vain, highly capricious and inane.

I see myself first and foremost as a student of expression.

I sort of got into Westerns... It was a sort of desperation move, really. I had several pictures that didn't go very well, and I just realised that I would have to try something else.

If you love someone, truly love them, you should never cause them pain. Never fill their eyes with something so close to grief.

And even if this world burns up hidden harps will still play here.

Writers: believe! And go do the work . . .