The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority.

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?

I have found contentment and joy in being exactly where God wants me to be, and that is what makes me happy.

Facing him as I lower the glass from my lips, he's giving me one of those intense moonlit stares.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind.

I end up saving the world, just to save you

The need for growth - what we might call immaturity - is not a negative state of being.

Over prepare, then go with the flow.

Donald Trump has told me that he is proud of the fact that he finally got Barack Obama to produce his birth certificate.

I could stand in the street and sing and get enough to pay the bills. I don't need millions of dollars.

The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil...