This is perhaps the most beautiful time in human history; it is really pregnant with all kinds of creative possibilities made possible by science and technology which now constitute the slave of man - if man is not enslaved by it.
Mountains should not be judged by altitude.
To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.
A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. You have a chance to select from pretty elegant furnishings.
Men strive for peace, but it is their enemies that give them strength, and I think if man no longer had enemies, he would have to invent them, for his strength only grows from struggle.
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
Knowledge is awareness, and to it there are many paths, not all of them paved with logic.
There was one thing more than any other that turned this New York, liberal, Jewish, Columbia University graduate student away from modern liberalism: its use of moral equivalence to avoid confronting evil during the Cold War.
Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it
What's missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility?
A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream.