In places where men are used to differences they inevitably become tolerant.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking

The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

Honestly, if you're looking for love and you're not too choosy, hang around a hardware store fingering screws.

When it comes to happiness, there is a choice to be made, let go of negativity, do not let your light fade.

I've been looking at used car bargains. I'll frankly confess I'm scared to death of Fords. I've seen and heard of so many turning turtle.

You can't kill your way to security and you can't lead by scaring people.

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful.

Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude.

We have strayed from the Immortal's ways And worship with a dull and senseless mind Idols, the workmanship of our own hands, And images and figures of dead men.

Musashi, who trained himself, became a master swordsman who was never defeated.

My own goals center around writing the best music that I can, and only I can determine whether or not I've succeeded in accomplishing that.

Spontaneity is being present in the present.