Science ... is organized common sense.

The state is the nursing mother of human culture.

Life appears in a vast variety and innumerable succession of individual forms, since the most salient character of the universe is just that it ceaselessly gives birth to living individuals.

Our obligation to the will of God is our obligation to the laws of practical reason.

Metaphysics is the clearing house for all fundamental philosophical problems.

The only religion which seems to have a function in time of war is the tribal religion which invokes a God as the exclusive protector of the nation which calls upon him.

God is a wider consciousness than we are, a pure intelligence, spiritual life and actuality. He is neither one nor many, neither man nor spirit. Such predicates belong only to finite beings.

God is the Absolute Idea, a circle that returns upon itself, not a straight line projected indefinitely.

Might does not make right, but right demands that those who hold to it should defend it with all their might.

A mirror reflects appearance but only actions reflect beauty

What you've done isn't the only thing that defines who you are. Words are just as powerful as action. They can aspire action in others, can't they?

In a science fiction novel, the world is a character, and often the most important character.In a mainstream novel, the world is implicitly our world, and the characters are the world.

Every man sees his wife like an angel

If our petitions are in accordance with His will and if we seek His glory in the asking the answers will come in ways that will astonish us and fill our hearts with songs of thanksgiving.

One of the most distinctive evolutionary features of human beings is our unusually long, protected childhood.

London. Another terrorist attack and ISIS claimed credit. I am surprised because I thought we had wiped out ISIS on day one as Donald Trump said.

The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly.

I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again.

That a whole part of the middle class detests me... is utterly normal. I would be troubled if the contrary were true.