I would call an intellectual one whose instrument of work - his mind - is also his major source of pleasure; a man whose entertainment is his intelligence.
It is the definition of the word 'object' which destroys all religions.
College is the grinding machine of the Mathematical Establishment, a conveyor belt that takes individuals from one cookie cutter to another so that the product comes within tight control limits out of the assembly line.
Man steps on an ant when he can't catch the fly.
A relativist is an individual who doesn't know the difference between an adjective and an adverb.
A mathematician believes that describing the speed of Mercury with equations amounts to science.
Today, the rich are the haves and the poor are the have-nots. Tomorrow, the rich will be the have-food and the poor will be the have-not food.
The consciousness of life is higher than life.
IF THE LORD IS OUR JOY, OUR JOY CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY. IT CANNOT BE LOST. . . JOY HAD COME TO THE WORLD, AND IT HAD COME TO STAY.
Vaclav Havel had moral stature. The president in first Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in many ways is a ceremonial role. And so, speaking out and having that strong moral fiber, people just knew that he told the truth to people who had only heard lies. And so I think his - that's his legacy.
My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my time to die.