Human development is a form of chronological unfairness, since late-comers are able to profit by the labors of their predecessors without paying the same price.

What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive!

History is the autobiography of a madman.

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.

To build a city where it is impossible to build a city is madness in itself, but to build there one of the most elegant and grandest of cities is the madness of genius.

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.

The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop.

The world will not know liberty until all that is religious and political is transformed into something simple and human and made susceptible to criticism and denial.

Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but the puny boatmen do not know how to fish for it.

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically -- while simulating a triumphant march forward -- than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?

That's what trust is. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you.

Isn’t it true that philosophy is a barrier? For sure it screens and modifies every bit of information that the mind allows to enter.

I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences.

I think the biggest challenge is to continue on the same path. I think it's easy to become complacent from the success you've had.

Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend.

My safe, safe psychosis is broken. It was hard. It was made of stone. It covered my face like a mask. But it has cracked.

Man's greatest drive is not love or hate but to change another person's writing.

I'm definitely attracted to other Australians; I have a laid-back attitude to life that I feel is very Australian; I love a good barbie.

The Christian church was born in song.

There's a part of me that thinks I'm married to the audience, that I'm married to my job, and that this is where I devote 90% of my energy.