The proofs of the existence of God are to such an extent fallen into discredit that they pass for something antiquated, belonging to days gone by.

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.

I outwitted those that deliberately suppressed me not by retaliating, but by minding my own business, continuing the self-discovery journey and reinventing myself.

Peace lets us to be more pleasant.

Our chaotic, confused world has no greater need than to hear the message of good news—the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

To hurt is as human as to breathe.

When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent.

Publish and be damned.

Anything less than abject submission has to have some attack in it.

In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew

I hate to use that term [iPad Killer] since the iPad is probably dead anyway.

The only thing I oppose is persecuting of Eastern Orthodox priests and temples.