Who you are is less important than what you seem.

The simple fact that something has not been done, is no proof that it cannot be.

Diplomacy and virtue do not make easy companions.

The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that makes it worse.

The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place.

Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and must forever try to reach enlightenment.

He who profits by villainy, has perpetrated it.

He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared to overcome his character to achieve it.

I learned that I' have to be detached if I was ever to achieve anything at all.

Every cataclysm is welcomed by somebody; there is always someone to rejoice at disaster and see in it the prospect of a new beginning and a better world.

For what are we but our past? If that is lost, we become nothing.

There is much to learn from architecture before it became an expert's art.

Out of struggle very often comes victory.

Looking through the list of earlier Nobel laureates, I note a large number with whom I became acquainted and with whom I interacted during those years as they passed through Cambridge.

My greatest asset now is my focus.

I like to think of myself as a very passionate person, and as very determined.

Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.

I enjoy the art, and I enjoy drawing. I think my printing to this day looks like the printing right out of a comic book.

For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams.

The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.

I was blessed with the talent. God gave me the gift to put words together and make popular songs.