It is not enough to invent new machines, new regulations, or new institutions. We must understand differently and more perfectly the true purpose of our existence on this earth.

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.

Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor.

We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

Ignorance actually limits God from intervening in the misfortunes of our personal lives and that of our society.

Well, evil to some is always good to others.

Music lets you write your own checks. Don't ever forget that.

It is a common remark that men talk most who think least; just as frogs cease their quacking when a light is brought to the water-side.

I've spent a lot of time off planet.

It's hard to tell a shallow person that they should care more about the feelings of the awkward and the alienated.

If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. To become a good man, one must have faithful friends, or outright enemies.

Time tries the troth in everything.

The American idiom has much to offer us that the English language has never heard of