“Music escapes ideological characterization. Just as there are some social scientists who believe that what cannot be measured does not truly exist, and some psychologists used to believe that consc...”

“Demonstrative proof is lacking, but if we thought only about those things about which such proof were available, our minds would be empty most of the time.”

“There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy.”

“To regret religion is to regret Western civilization.”

“Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.”

“Facts are much more malleable than prejudices.”

“Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.”

“Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.”

“If you want to thrive, you need to sow the seeds of self-development.”

“We are human only in contact, and conviviality, with what is not human.”

“The problem is this: nature has assembled all these species on this planet. The human species is no more important than any other species on this planet. For some reason, man accorded himself a sup...”

“More than the disappearing trees and roses, its the human tendency to suppress the Natural Voice of the Natures Man which is sorrowful.”

“There is an anti-aging possibility, but it has to come from within.”

“But every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history.”

“I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.”