It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill.

Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost.

The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.

I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring.

And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

The modern clercs have created in so-called cultivated society a positive romanticism of harshness. The have also created a romanticism of contempt.

The modern moralists extol ... the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life.

Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared.

Today we have made a fetish of choice

Raindrops lingered in a melody of remembrance cast from the heavens above as I myself cast aside the dryness of the present day.

If the whole U.S. was like Silicon Valley, we'd be in good shape. But now, the entire U.S. is not driven by technology, is not driven by innovation.

As I go across the country and privately visit women's shelters and counselling centres, I am appalled that the most vulnerable people in our society are still women.

Oregon is outflanking California as the most left wing state in the union.

Let it die. Let there be a new beginning. It’s awful. Goodnight.

Prayers belong strictly to the worship of God. Fasting is a subordinate aid, which is pleasing to God no farther than as it aids the earnestness and fervency of prayer.

I do not know everything, I never will, and that is OK.

Stand-up is really personal. It's not like somebody else is writing the script and you have to do what they write.

Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.