That feelings of love and hate make rational judgments impossible in public affairs, as in private affairs, we can clearly enough see in others, though not so clearly in ourselves.

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.

The distance between you and your destination can be set to zero only by your courage to act and by your determination to sustain this action till the end!

Talent helps, but it won't take you as far as ambition.

Scientists are those who change facts

It is in the mind and the heart where we meet. It's not the body-the body will change.

Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.

We are trying to do our best to bring perfection into whatever we turn our attention to.

According to the Mayans, the world is supposed to end in the year 2012. Are you buying that? When's the last time you even ran into a Mayan?

When you're winning, everyone is a fan.

Jazz is a beautiful woman whose older brother is a policeman.