If one shoots at a king, one must not miss.

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.

To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.

The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them.

Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.

In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

It is not what you can do for your country, but what you can do for all of mankind.

If she is wrong educate her, don't belittle her.

Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition.

I'm really proud to be Filipino. Filipinos are really supportive, and I want to thank all of them. I love them!

Tranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good

I got Oedipus off the incest charge--technicality, of course--he didn't know it was his mother at the time.

...I will not be silent any longer.

People who are good at stand-up, they sort of seem to have to do it. Something within them makes them have to go on the road.

Films are an art form which are sold after packaging in this commercial world

Performing was the natural thing originally and the rest of it [records and so on] is just like offshoots of that. That's how I see it anyway.