The problem for us is less to discover the way it really is than to see the meaning of the way.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

I write to discover what I think.

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.

The sword of the scripture.

Peace begins with understanding.

In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.

It's sad, something coming to an end. It cracks you open, in a way - cracks you open to feeling. When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain.

I'm not a rock star, I'm a soft person.

There's all the difference in the world between having something to say, and having to say something.

Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to the rank of the offender. [Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]

A post-9/11, modern take being Batman training people to be the heroes they know they can be on their own.

The value we create is directly related to how much valuable information we can produce, how much trust we can earn, and how often we innovate.

Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school.