When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.

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?

Hope dreams into being what is possible but not yet formed.

I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply "there is a book.

When you pray as much as you work

The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.

To be forgotten, is to die a little.

Let us take advantage of the opportunities presented by climate action and lay the foundations for a more prosperous and secure future for all

An army, like a serpent, travels on its belly.

Mathematics is not a spectator sport!

I'm a firm believer that it's not the way you look or what you have, but what you've got inside.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.