A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along.

He who begun has half done. Dare to be wise begin.

Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

You really need to spend a lot of your time focussing people.

I have always felt that the moment when first you wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours.

Every prison that men build Is built with bricks of shame, And bound with bars lest Christ should see How men their brothers maim.

Tonight I'm going to shower and then just walk for about four hours and look at the moon.

The sea ebbs and flows, but the rock remains unmoved.

In general, scientific progress calls for no more than the absorption and elaboration of new ideas- and this is a call most scientists are happy to heed.