No particular man is necessary to the state. We may depend on it that, if we provide the country with popular institutions, those institutions will provide it with great men

A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.

Rationality belongs to the cool observer, but because of the stupidity of the average man, he follows not reason, but faith, and the naive faith requires necessary illusion and emotionally potent oversimplifications which are provided by the myth-maker to keep ordinary person on course.

Litterature provides us with the opportunity to escape into fictional worlds that are ultimately rooted in human universals shaped by common biological forces.

Solitude is so necessary both for society and for the individual that when society fails to provide sufficient solitude to develop the inner life of the persons who compose it, they rebel and seek false solitudes

Life is a debatable subject, and Wells too pondered on this very question, providing us with many quotes for us to think over.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.

Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it’s loaded.

If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.

The tool user, provided the tool is made well, need not, and indeed should not, know anything about the tool.

My parents never looked at my acting as a career. They saw it as a way to help provide for the household.

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.

I don’t want to believe. I want to know.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

In the arts, as in life, everything is possible provided it is based on love.

I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one’s own destiny.

I just wanted to speak to the streets and give them motivation on making it out. Whatever situation they’re in, know that they can make do and have a better life.

Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.