All social interactions require some loss of freedom.

Time appears to be most wasted when someone seeks truth in lies

You don't throw a compass overboard because the ocean is calm.

Dare to dwell on great thoughts, you will be great.

...you sometimes note an impatience on the part of a specialist that the public does not show sufficient interest in his assemblage of information as such. He is likely to conclude that the average pe...

Man is so intelligent that he feels impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations...

From an essay on early reading by Robert Pinsky:My favorite reading for many years was the "Alice" books. The sentences had the same somber, drugged conviction as Sir John Tenniel's illustrations, an...

The guitar breathed. It inhaled and exhaled, and music filled the shop as the instrument picked the heartbreak of generations.

But to a Vietnamese peasant whose home means a lifetime of back-breaking labor, it will take more than presidential promises to convince him that we are on his side.

SENSES, APPEARANCE, ESSENCE and EXISTENCEThe world we see with our senses are very different than the world we see through our essence. Our senses perceive the world of appearance. Our essence perceiv...

Love never lives on a one-way street, for it will always come back up the road bigger than how we had sent it down the road.

Comfort is a stance of avoidance rather than the pursuit of excellence.

There has never been a time in human history where so many people routinely carry recording and surveillance devices.

One of the most common and most dangerous misbeliefs is that it is impossible for someone to be stupid just because they are a doctor or a lawyer.

Be around people that make you want to be a better person, who make you feel good, make you laugh, and remind you what's important in life.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of ha...

I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on...