Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.