We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

Authors are magpies, echoing each other's words and seizing avidly on anything that glitters.

The mere abhorrence of vice is not a virtue at all.

The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.

Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

That is the essence of a witch-hunt, that any questioning of the evidence or the procedures in itself constitutes proof of complicity.

An honorable man will not be bullied by a hypothesis.

There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led.

Leadership is more likely to be assumed by the aggressive than by the able, and those who scramble to the top are more often motivated by their own inner torments.

Words are one of our chief means of adjusting to all the situations of life. The better control we have over words, the more successful our adjustment is likely to be.

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

Beauty [is] a kind of radiance. People who possess a true inner beauty, their eyes are a little brighter, their skin a little more dewy. They vibrate at a different frequency.

Read first the best books. The important thing for you is not how much you know, but the quality of what you know.

Like physical work, if you don't practice, you shouldn't expect results.

I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks.

If the East Timorians decide to revolt, Im sure Ill have a statement.

Spend your time and energy creating, not criticizing.

Ten strong horses could not pull an empty baby carriage if they worked independently of each other.

There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.

When we first did 'Modernist Cuisine,' I think most people in cookbook publishing would have said, 'This is insane.'