The common interests very largely elude public opinion entirely, and can be managed only by a specialised class.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking

The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

Many people will fight you, not because you are wrong, but because you are different.

Joy brings smiles on our faces, it brings power, peace and sound mind.

I'm by no means condemning prescription medicine for mental health. I've seen it save a lot of people's lives.

Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.

There are so many things to be tortured about, sweet pea. So many torturous things in this life. Don't let the man who doesn't love you be one of them.

Once lost, trust can only be regained if we are as good as our word.

We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day.

A study last year showed that the page you turn to first in the newspaper can be a predictor of how long you will live. No surprise, turning first to the Comics Pages prolongs your life.

Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.

I'm a believer in fate and in fulfilling your destiny. I've always had a kind of inner voice that I have learned to listen to.