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.

Every idea, extended into infinity, becomes its own opposite.

She's happy to be home but being home means that it's an end to her adventure and escape.

Brotherton So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart To praise the Lord with feast and song In thankfulness of heart.

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.

Somebody once asked me if I have anything like faith, and I said I have faith in the narrative. I have a belief in a narrative that is bigger than me, that is alive and I trust will work itself out.

Anything short of the discipline and honesty of a true gold coin standard will inevitably self-destruct, consuming our wealth and liberties, and nurturing the omnipotent state.

He's the kind of man who picks his friends - to pieces.

Life is unfair and improv is a great metaphor of that.

Two negatives don't make a positive, any more than two half-wits make a wit.

Why is it better to love than be loved? It is surer.

Every dream I've ever had in life has come true ten times over.