Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it.

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.

You will have the grace of writing, when you boldly begin to write your first sentences.

I see a little progress, ... So as long as I keep seeing that, then I'm willing to give him everything I've got.

The president needs to be a force that is trusted in the world.

She was suddenly aware of him in a way she hadn't been before. Hayward was good-looking in a sweet and wholesome way.

My old daddy used to say "kill the closest snake first".

Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist.

Infinity converts the possible into the inevitable.

The sky's the limit if you have a roof over your head.

I moved into an all-electric house. I forgot and left the porch light on all day. When I got home the front door wouldn't open.

What I want to do is to make people laugh so that they'll see things seriously.