In all education the main cause of failure is staleness.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Parvus denied that universal suffrage was an end to itself since the middle class would always find ways to manipulate the electoral system. Freedom could not be begged for: it had to be won.

Healthy entertainment does not evoke raw emotions in the mind of a viewer only to make them wreak havoc, rather it guides those emotions in a healthy direction.

Freedom is not constituted primarily of privileges but of responsibilities.

As you know, in most areas of science, there are long periods of beginning before we really make progress.

Drink lots of water, get lots of sleep, and take vitamin C!

Revolution looks at the intersection ahead and pushes people to do the right thing.

I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.

Dear young people, the Church expects great things of you and your generosity. Don’t be afraid to aim high.

Grove giveth and Gates taketh away.

I think I'm more approachable with long hair. When it's short, I come across as being artsy and weird.