For the Flower to blossom, you need the right soil as well as the right seed. The same is true to cultivate good thinking.
He who possesses greatness is cruel towards his secondary virtues and considerations.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
In most instances, biotechnology, though a radically different approach, is a sustaining technology: It's a dramatically improved way of targeting problems that we hadn't been able to solve with the conventional approach of mainstream pharmaceutical companies.
I don't think that the objective of the American negro is white middle-class values because what are white middle-class values.
When I was in college, I remember fearing that the dreary grind of adulthood would feature infinitely more existential dread than frat parties had, but the opposite has been true for me. I'm much less likely to feel that gnawing fear of aimlessness and nihilism than I used to be and that's partly because education gave me job opportunities, but it's mostly because education gave me perspective and context.
You love me this much!