Rationalizing is the self-exculpation which occurs when we feel ourselves, or our group, accused of misapprehension or error.

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.

Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us.

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing.

History ... may be regarded as an artificial extension and : broadening of our memories and may be used to overcome the natural bewilderment of all unfamiliar situations.

To become historically-minded is to be grown-up.

In its amplest meaning History includes every trace and vestige of everything that man has done or thought since first he appeared on the earth.

I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts.

Pray and fast for your ministry, proclaim it and prophesy victory to yourself

An intelligence service is the ideal vehicle for a conspiracy.

Worry is negative goal setting.

The true India resides in its villages.

Joy is a very high frequency current of energy with a great deal of energy content. Somebody who is joyful has a lot of energy.

When I watch a singer perform, or an athlete, I can't help but be driven to be the best I can be at my craft.

Perhaps the most important contribution to science that the Royal Society has made in its three centuries of existence is its early role in publishing Newton's masterful account of his discoveries.

Language is the only chimera whose illusory power is endless, the inexhaustibility which keeps life from being impoverished. Let men learn to serve language.

As wolves love lambs so lovers love their loves.

If you make the movie from your heart and it stands over time, that's what matters to me.