In duty the individual acquires his substantive freedom

We learn from history that we do not learn from history

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.

What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.

I have the courage to be mistaken.

All education is the art of making men ethical (sittlich), of transforming the old Adam into the new Adam.

To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them.

Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that mankind enjoyed.

Some men are warriors and some men are weenies. The trick is figuring out which is which.

He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.

I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough.

Waiting for the Lord in a season of darkness should not be a time of inactivity. We should do what we can do. And doing is often God's appointed remedy for despair.

You can either stick to your goals, or you can just go through the motions and rest on your status. But it's all about work.

Racism springs from ignorance.

I get very deep into the writing and recording process.

Telling me I can do anything I want is like pulling the plug out of the bath and then telling the water it can go anywhere it wants. Try it, and see what happens.

Most of the time, it's your thinking, not your talent, that holds you back.

I miss all the shots I don't take.