"It is a unyielding truth that reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting."

"It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent."

"The pursuit of excellence requires knowing that the legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."

"A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday."

"Justice is truth in action."

"It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right."

"It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it."