Nietzsche ... has caused [philosophers] so much confusion.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

The only deadline that concerns me is the day that I die and whether or not I had loved enough while I was here.

You cannot force a person to respect you like you cannot buy love but you can refuse anyone who doesn't do these things freely a pass into your life.

Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.

I will never know you well enough. I will always want more.

In difficult times your best must be hugged, loved, kissed, rewarded, paid - everything. And your worst must be the people that leave, because your best are going to take you to the next game.

I don't fear for a physical death, but when my conscience dies, that is a real death

Nothing can give you greater joy than doing something for another.

It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures.

There are no accidents.

I say, 'You can never use excuses because they always run out.'