A talent for speaking differently, rather than for arguing well is the chief instrument of cultural change.

Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.

Truth is a property of sentences, since sentences are dependent for their existence upon vocabularies, and since vocabularies are made by human beings, so are truths.

"True" resembles... a compliment paid to sentences that seem to be paying their way and that fit in with other sentences which are doing so.

The world is out there, but descriptions of the world are not.

The most important advance that the West has yet made is to develop a secularist moral tradition

What counts as rational argumentation is as historically determined and as context-dependent, as what counts as good French.

All human relations untouched by love take place in the dark

At 12, I knew that the point of being human was to spend one's life fighting social injustice.

National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals: a necessary condition for self-improvement.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrew 11:1 KJV)

My call to the ministry was not a miraculous or supernatural something. On the contrary it was an inner urge calling me to serve humanity.

Look into the windows of my soul. The eyes never lie, they bloodshot red.

His books are kept on freestanding shelves hung at different angles on a sea-green wall. They defy gravity, as good books should.

It's like being in love, discovering your best friend.

Today we confront the future with optimism from a founded hope for the Iraqi people - in freedom

I've always been someone in [childhood] period of my life sort of the pains and anxieties of being young are the things that have really stuck with me.

[Prudence] replaces [strength] by saving the man who has the misfortune of not possessing it from most occasions when it's needed.

Integration is a word of the past, the word of the future and the word of the present is contribution.

The junk merchant doesn't sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to his product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise. He degrades and simplifies the client.