War is progress, peace is stagnation

We learn from history that we do not learn from history

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.

What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.

I have the courage to be mistaken.

All education is the art of making men ethical (sittlich), of transforming the old Adam into the new Adam.

To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them.

Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that mankind enjoyed.

Nothing carries more potential for change than individual acts of human kindness.

I grew up in rural Dixon, CA, and I've been hunting with my father ever since I was a young boy. He taught me how to hunt and shoot, firearm safety, and have respect for the outdoors.

No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that or imply that all the time about people with mental illness

The use of expressive colors is felt to be one of the basic elements of the modern mentality, an historical necessity, beyond choice.

I like to pretend that each book is my first one and last one, because it takes a tremendous amount of energy to do a book.

It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor - as long as you've got money.

It's insane that there are actually people listening to my music all over the world, which is amazing.

All right - I'll tell you what you did for me: you went for happy, silly, beautiful walks with me.

See yourself confronting your fears in your mind's eye and handling those fears like a champ.

The world can get a bit ugly sometimes.