I want to urge you very strongly to travel as much as you can, and to evolve yourself as an internationalist. It's as important a part of your education as a radical as the reading of any book.

The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.

The forces of piety have always and everywhere been the sworn enemy of the open mind and the open book.

Thus in order to be a "radical" one must be open to the possibility that one's own core assumptions are misconceived.

When Maimonides says that the Messiah will come but that 'he may tarry, ' we see the origin of every Jewish shrug from Spinoza to Woody Allen.

Try your hardest to combat atrophy and routine. To question The Obvious and the given is an essential element of the maxim 'de omnius dubitandum' [All is to be doubted].

Honesty is a fine foundation from which to build upon

Death is the transcendence of life to a new level to begin an endless eternal life.

The best doctor is the one you run for and can't find.

Your life can be what you want it to be... You'll make it through whatever comes along. Within you are so many answers. Understand, have courage, be strong.

The success of the film is down to the crew.

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

What I'm doing is keeping the spirit of Rock'N Roll alive. Rock 'n roll is supposed to be fast and loud and its supposed to piss off the older generation.

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may be dead.

Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading!

Governing was always difficult for conservatives, but as they return to the opposition, they are rediscovering their skill at blame evasion.