“The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.”

“The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment”

“The job of intellectuals is to come up with ideas and all we've been producing is footnotes.”

“Quality - in its classic Greek sense - how to live with grace and intelligence with bravery and mercy.”

“The job of intellectuals is to come up with ideas and all we've been producing is footnotes.”

“While we are actually subjected to them, the 'moods' and 'spirits' of nature point no morals. Overwhelming gaiety, insupportable grandeur, sombre desolation are flung at you. Make what you can of t...”

“...[N]ature generally in the distribution of her capacities has adapted the means to the end... [so nature's] true destination must be to produce a will, not merely good as a means to something els...”

“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.”

“We stand at a crossroads. Do we choose 'the will to power' or 'the will to humanity,' or perhaps a new configuration of both: the power of humanity?”

“One thing I learned as a journalist is that there is at least one disgruntled person in every workplace in America -- and at least double that number with a conscience. Hard as they try, they simpl...”

“Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to dimini...”