When Socrates was about 30, and his father was long dead, he was still pursuing the art of sculpture, but from necessity, and without much inclination.

A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present

I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher

The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence

Judaism was not a religion but a law.

Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.

Time is a part of eternity, and of the same piece with it.

Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood.

Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another.

For a game it is too serious, for seriousness too much of a game.

The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight

We are all protagonists, each and every one of us.

A great meal is an experience that nourishes more than your body.

If we're serious about building an economy that lasts, we have got to get serious about education. We are going to have to pick up our games and raise our standards.

Where did you get that?" Jace looked down and saw that the spider demon's poison had eaten a hole in his shirt, leaving a good deal of his left shoulder bare. "The shirt? At Macy's Winter sale.

There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus, and consequently an uncle of the late emperor, whose name was Claudius Caesar.

As they were carting him off on a gurney, all I could think was, I wish that was me.

Marco Rubio turns a question about missing Senate votes into an attack on the mainstream media.

It's not about what I can get, it's what I can give.

One person plus one typewriter constitutes a movement.

By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players.