When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.

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.

What barrier is there that love cannot break?

The only promise life fulfills is its end.

That place is turning into the Hotel California.You know, you can check in, but you can never leave.

It isn't for the moment you are stuck that you need courage but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security.

Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there - or failing to get there.

I am Zebedee, lord of the woods! Bow down snail, I have dominion!

Sweets, you couldn't ignore me if you tried.

I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.

What today's business reality makes clear is that brands cannot survive in a society that is failing economically, socially, ethically, and morally.

I would like to do a movie in space, but I think it would be difficult to do it on location.