What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is 'himself'.

The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

This is the real power of joy, to make us certain that, beneath all grief, the most fundamental of realities is joy itself.

Well I just figure any man who risks his neck to save a dog's life isn't going to kill someone for gold teeth.

The very beating of your heart has meaning and purpose. Your actions have value far greater than silver or gold.

When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better.

My mother and I split ways when I was very young and have never really reconciled.

Hire for attitude, train for skill.

What is really momentous and all-important with us is the present, by which the future is shaped and colored.

...who we are and what we do it is fundamentally a function of what we remember.

Reagan's dead, and he was a lousy President.

I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal.