The more certain our knowledge the less we know.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.

What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.

I have the courage to be mistaken.

All education is the art of making men ethical (sittlich), of transforming the old Adam into the new Adam.

To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them.

Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that mankind enjoyed.

It is not a Buddhist approach to say that if everyone practiced Buddhism, the world would be a better place. Wars and oppression begin from this kind of thinking.

Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be gone.Strange that a harp of thousand stringsShould keep in tune so long.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

There are very few actresses who can grow old and still get exciting parts... I think it's very important for me to have wider horizons, rather than just waiting for calls.

Seeds, there are seeds enough which need only be stirred in with the soil where they lie, by an inspired voice or pen, to bear fruit of a divine flavor.

I respect the fact that Donald Trump always listens. It's how he was in business. It's how he is as president.

Ladies and gentlemen, communism didn't fall. It was pushed.

Kids will tease you for just about anything.

An agreement of rash men (a conspiracy).

The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the world.