But what is propaganda, if not the effort to alter the picture to which men respond, to substitute one social pattern for another?

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking

The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

To be successful, you need to do two things:1. Condition your hair, 2. Do the same with your mind.

My idea of Christmas is love. Love exists at all times.

I hate writing. I will do anything to avoid it. The only way I could write less was if I was dead.

Take chaotic mathematics, for instance. The universe is chaos. But chaos is whimping out. There is no chaos. There are just different levels of order in the universe.

Violence is a part of the world and life, and you shouldnt have to take it out of stories.

Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy-and time. The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you'll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses.

Love is the basis of our friendship as it is of religion.

We are this divine energy. It's not something we have to attain. We just have to realize it, to be present to it.

Anyone can take a false step And fall forever, Everyone is different. Where are they now, all those lost souls?

Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are places to showcase the new stars of tomorrow