The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

All Socialism involves slavery.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

We will have health care reform in America.

The library furnished our dreams, helped us shape our ambitions, made up people of books and ideas and grand designs.

I want to try to become friends with Russia.

I try to be like a sponge when I'm around other actors, picking things up about the way they work and how they do things.

If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.

I'm sick of running away from things.

Faith in Jesus Christ is a gift from heaven that comes as we choose to believe and as we seek it and hold on to it.

Life isn't about milestones, it's about moment