Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature.

A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will can be entirely eliminated from any human philosophy.

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims.

Law must be viewed as a formless mass of isolated decisions.

Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed.

Small groups or communities may be far more oppressive to the individual than larger ones. Men are in many ways freer in large cities than in small villages.

Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols.

The picture which the philosopher draws of the world is surely not one in which every stroke is necessitated by pure logic.

Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist.

Wisdom is not to be obtained from textbooks, but must be coined out of human experience in the flame of life.

If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good.

Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite.

Centre yourself. Fear will get you killed as easily as a weapon.

It is our time, our task and our destiny - from "Opoponax Dreams

My parents always looked like they loved being together. That's what I took from them, and that's how my wife and I are. I still feel like we're dating.

I never think Im going to make a double play in the outfield. But I did it.

Maybe if you stopped asking "why" all the time, you might be happy. Leave it alone, you know? Life is happy.

Alexia figured, delightedly, that this meant he did, in fact, tend to traipse around his private apartments in the altogether. Marriage was becoming more and more of an attractive prospect.

Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.

There's a tendency for Americans, particularly the simpler you are, the more you believe in the president as the kind of person to be.

I can't imagine going back to long hair. Cutting it was the greatest thing I ever did