Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind.

A man can do his best only by confidently seeking (and perpetually missing) an unattainable perfection.

Ignorance deprives people of freedom because they do not know what alternatives there are. It is impossible to choose to do what one has never "heard of."

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.

The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess and enjoy what he has earned, but the ;thesis that the exercise of this right redounds to the general good.

Indeed I am inclined to go so far as to say that the one cause for which one may properly make war is the cause of peace.

What is needed in the present plight of mankind is not more science but a change of heart that shall move mankind to devote to constructive and peaceful purposes.

The English mind is intelligent rather than intellectual. The French are intellectual in the sense that the intellect is emancipated and left free to run its own course.

This insistence on "having his say upon the universe" is the profoundest motive of William James thinking as well as of his filial gratitude.

Agent Smith, a lady is never late, everyone is simply early.” I said back, paraphrasing something I saw on a 20/20 special. “Well, a lady isn’t exactly what they are expecting.

Where religion clashes with science is that religion makes smart people do stupid things.

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action nor motive to act.

The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic.

A cork screw to my heart, ever since we've been apart.

I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop.

Intelligent martial arts is not getting in battles and winning them. Intelligent martial arts is avoiding battles because battles use up energy, and you can get hurt no matter who you are.

I have trouble saying hu ... hu ... husband.

Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.