Different people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat.

The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

We do not stop dreaming and producing because we grow old

It’s not just others that you need to forgive

Smallville' was my first love and it is always close to my heart.

The most mature human insight comes from one's introspection rather than from exterior research.

Uh I like it like that She working that back, I don't know how to act

All have not the same capacity. I would allow a man of intellect to earn more, I would not cramp his talent.

Let the punishment match the offense.

The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.

A man in armor is his armor's slave.