Quote #837
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt… Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
Quote #16339
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others
Quote #29206
Ideas shape the course of history.
Quote #34431
I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a...
Quote #14377
Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives...
Quote #18323
I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick — not...
Quote #13594
Ideals are like stars. You will not succeed in touching them with your hands....
Quote #4628
Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be...
Quote #21861
…when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Quote #10961
Compulsion cannot produce virtue; it can only produce the outward semblance of virtue.