I have other duties equally sacred ... Duties to myself.

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.

Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.

The past is always with us, in the form of our photographs, which we feel as we might a rosary, wearing them smooth with the fingering of our eyes.

There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.

The only difference between me and a homeless man is this job. I will do whatever it takes to survive…like I did when I was a homeless man.

As a society, we can and should invest more money in education.

I'm a storyteller; I write what I want to read.

I want to minimize the deaths I am responsible for.

I've just sort of jumped into relationships and moved in with people way too soon.

[On Chinese Internet,] freedom is a targeted and precise window.

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.