Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

All Socialism involves slavery.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

There are no such words like "over-dreaming" or dreaming without "biometric verification". You can dream over and over again! You don't need a certificate to dream big!

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.

I do think this next century, hopefully, will be about a more global view. Where you don't just think, 'Yes, my country is doing well,' but you think about the world at large.

God is limitless awareness. There, now I have told you everything I know about God ... a lot of good it did you.

Better good afarre off, then evill at hand. [Better good afar than evil at hand.]

We always hate the school room where we learn hard lessons. But then we love it, because that's the school that taught us all we know, and gave us all the strength we have.

I'll squeeze the cider out of your adam's apple.

It's about what happens on stage, whether we can deliver it in a hungry way that is who we are in our hearts.

Chess and boxing have a lot in common, as both sports rely on the right strategy.

Naturally we need black men to give this movie serious credibility.