ethic

The secret of life, is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is--it must be something you cannot possibly do.

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man.

I urge one and all to live this life as if there is no reward in the afterlife and to do it in a moral way that makes it better for you and for those around you, and that leaves this world a little better place than when you found it.

No clever arrangement of bad eggs will make a good omelet.

If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

When it comes to environments in which people live, work, and learn try thinking of creating not a ‘culture' but a
‘biosphere.'   By definition, the biosphere is the part of the earth's crust that supports life.   The concept of a ‘biosphere' has to do with subscribing to an ethic that goes beyond ‘culture.'   It promotes individuality, creativity, imagination, inspiration, respect, understanding, awareness, and above all - peace.