"Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of history's brilliant eras; whenever it fell, so did mankind."
"Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?"
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
"Man is an end in himself."
"Whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives, men seek a noble vision of man's nature and of life's potential."
"Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration."