Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

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.

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

EH.MA.GAWD.

By faith in [Jesus] we can be forgiven of our sins and know the joy of following Him every day.

So? I know damn well that I didn’t poison her.”Veronica Lane, M.D., Treating Murder

I'm always playing characters with intellects profoundly superior to mine. That's great fun, even though it's as much a fantasy for me as for the people watching me.

Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything.

I do not click on random youtube videos.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

I started in this industry [television] as a kid doing commercials. Ever since I was introduced to it, I loved it.

That's the key to comedy: allowing yourself to look stupid

Be the artist you were born to be.