“A philosopher operates with deductions. A sophist operates with paradoxes. A "public intellectual" operates with buzzwords.”

“Failure to find the truth is perhaps an intellectual defeat, but failure to look for the truth is an intellectual surrender.”

“Believing that there is a conflict between rationality and spirituality is like believing that there is a conflict between knowledge and inspiration.”

“The ultimate foundation of spirituality is the recognition that there can't be such a thing as a purposeful life in a purposeless universe.”

“Entrepreneurship is the use of self-interest in the service of others. Politics is the use of others in the service of self-interest.”

“The surest way to damage society is to call for a "great man" to lead it. The surest way to improve society is to become a great man to lead oneself and convince others to do likewise.”

“Global betterment is a mental process, not one that requires huge sums of money or a high level of authority. Change has to be psychological.”

“The best boss is the one who bosses the least.”

“But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord.""It might to keep it open.”

“Make a liberty without the instinctive duress.”

“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would...”

“The will of the people, moreover, practically means the will of the most numerous or the most active part of the people; the majority, or those who succeed in making themselves accepted as the majo...”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”

“What a curious power words have.”