A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.

A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich to protect the amenities represented by their property.

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to be civilized men.

Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

The number of substitutes for fine and clean thinking the world provides positively gnaws at one's vitals.

No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.

Every State is known by the rights it maintains.

Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty.

If it weren't for the law, I would steal books; if it weren't for my purse, I would buy them.

The only real security for social well-being is the free exercise of men's minds.

If there is one thing fundamental to the life of the spirit it is the absence of force.

Bringing to light what had been hidden in darkness should not overwhelm you, but EDUCATE you.

I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.

As a writer, I can live somewhat independently, occupying nooks and crannies and finding meaning there. I can even live in my mind a good portion of most days.

Raising children made me determine what I stand for, what I believe in, and who I want to be because, ultimately, I'm who they'll look to as an example.

I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it.

If all the actors are in the recording session at the same time, you can record all voices for one episode in an hour. Of course, the animation takes longer but the voice acting is done very quickly.

Knowledge is the rediscovering of our own insight.

If you are being judgemental, that is non-yogic.

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs.

I believe the children are our future