There are at least two distinct selves, the public and regal self, the private and human.

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?

Too many leaders assume that the role of leadership is to control.

My only chance is to pretend it's a day like any other

As you focus your attention on the heart center, you will begin to feel your thoughts slowing down. You'll begin to feel your mind becoming calm and quiet. They won't bother you.

Why do I, Mandy Moore, get a record deal?

If it can affect me, if it has meaning to me, if I feel I can do it well, I will do it and record it and thats why I recorded these songs.

My background is that I came from a middle class family, and I think those values stay where ever you go.

I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to expand my range.

Through using our memory to its fullest we can unlock the vast reservoir of human potential that isn't currently being used.

What we love usually manages to get into our conversation. What is down in the well of the heart will come up in the bucket of the speech.

I'm sure lots of actors and creative people go through this, where you have some weeks where it's all going according to plan and some weeks where you're super frustrated.