Keep the company of those who seek the truth- run from those who have found it

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.

People often mistake their imagination for their heart, & so often are convinced they are converted as soon as they start thinking of becoming converted.

for the best possible state of your soul, as I say to you: Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.

A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.

I intend to defeat ISIS, to do so in a coalition with majority Muslim nations.

There is real confusion about what it means to be right and wrong - the difference between what spiritual beliefs are and what science is.

Free and open expression coupled with visionary leadership generally encourages good decision-making.

Sometimes he hated that voice in his brain, the one that slapped him upside the head anytime he got too stupid. Funny, it happened a lot with Sienna.

People are irrelevant. They're as irrelevant as many other prominent leftists are.

I like taking risks and I decided to put every bit of me into the role.

What, no more ceremony? See, my women! Against the blown rose may they stop their nose That kneel'd unto the buds.