One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Ignorance paired with arrogance (naïveté) is logical, but arrogance paired with awareness (ego) is toxic.

Christians are the carriers of truth that the whole world needs

It isn't as important to feel great about all the things we do. But how we feel toward the end when we look back at everything we've done.

It's called publishing. It's how smart people install new ideas into other peoples brains.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

All upright Germans will be National Socialists, but only the best National Socialists will be party members!

Few things move as quietly as the future.

Learning power comprises both literacy and numeracy, and is ultimately more fundamental than either of them.

I do like my hair being pulled from time to time, it's like a pair of reins, innit?

We have a name for your disease. We call it a hyper-aesthetic one. You have been encouraged to over-indulge yourself in literature; and have inflamed your organs of fancy.