To deny me the right to err is therefore to deny me the right to believe.

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.

To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.

The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them.

Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.

In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

My fear of loneliness is like a disease.

How could I forget the man who can break uncountable bones just in a few seconds.

White in the moon the long road lies.

To be effective at selling ideas, at being a lobbyist, influencing other people, you have to be very sure of yourself.

To be awake is to be completely alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.

Tis the voice of the sluggard I heard him complain,You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again.

My significance is found in pointing to Someone far more significant.

Dance is a profession with an expiration date for many people.

Skateboarding is forever, and things like college and girls only ruin an endlessly savored adolescence.