(Socrates) said there were only two possibilities. Either the soul is immortal or, after death, things would be again as blank as they were before we were born.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Not only persons lose their way, but nations lose their way as well!

If one could look this fabulous, one had an obligation to.

I ran the astronaut school for six years, and I was the commandant and when I finished in '65, 26 of my guys went into space as NASA astronauts that I trained.

To me, working out is literally like eating a meal or drinking water or breathing.

One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change.

Do not be afraid to go into uncharted territories. You might find some pretty good things there.

You know the oxygen masks on airplanes? I don't think there's really any oxygen. I think they're just to muffle the screams.

Television deprives children of their imaginations.

The age which we live in is not suited to idle complacency or to pleasant dreams of past greatness.

The best writing has no lace on its sleeves.