As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity.

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.

Divinities of the soul are life, light and love.

Dance was always part of my life because I was a dancer and my mother was a dancer, and I love the theater.

The worst deluded are the self-deluded.

The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.

I'm pretty resigned to the fact that I never hear music the way anyone else does, and I no longer find it surprising.

We weep for a bird’s cry, but not for a fish’s blood. Blessed are those with a voice.

Normally I hate people who whine all the time, but in your case, it would be okay to complain. Be selfish, say what you want once in a while. It's okay to let yourself be sad." -Kyo talking to Tohru

Today's brains are yesterday's mashed potatoes.

If you don't have malice in our heart, it doesn't come across harsh.

The thing of courage As rous'd with rage doth sympathise, And, with an accent tun'd in self-same key, Retorts to chiding fortune.