Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that mankind enjoyed.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.

What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.

I have the courage to be mistaken.

All education is the art of making men ethical (sittlich), of transforming the old Adam into the new Adam.

To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them.

Every idea, extended into infinity, becomes its own opposite.

Hating is easy. It's loving that's hard

Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.

War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

When you educate without the Holy Spirit, you only get a clever devil.

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure

Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your friend. I wanna guard your dreams and visions.

As my meditative experiences grew, I had wonderful relationships. I met the most wonderful women, who meditated and shared certain understandings that I had.

One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real people don't permit you to do that.

I always had an intelligence with me, I was always in the streets, I was always trying to do good. I was always looking for something to guide me. In the beginning church wasn't it.