There comes a time when even the reformer is compelled to face the fairly widespread suspicion of the average man that politics is an exhibition in which there is much ado about nothing.

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?

Freedom, I thought, comes only to the successful

Wherever man did not settle, the world was not owned.It was not wanted.In time of course this was bound to change, for there is never enough it seems.

Don’t tell me you’re passionate about your job – show me that you’re passionate about helping people like me.

Do you trust me Ana?"Ana! "Yes, I do."I respond spontaneously, not thinking...because it's true-I do trust him."Well, then"he looks relieved. "The rest of this stuff is just details""important details

I am not Iron-Man, I am Forest-Man!

Ordinary persons, he said, smiling, found no differences between men. The artist found them all.

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

If we don't have each other, we go crazy with loneliness. When we do, we go crazy with togetherness.