A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart.

You were born an original work of art. Stay original.

Negativity pierces determination like rust. Stay coated with faith and confidence.

Why is your heart racing Tris?

An idea? An idea won't get you nothing but another idea. You need money, cash, to make anything happen in this doggone world.

If you would be Pope you must think of nothing else.

All people have their blind side-their superstitions.

The basic structure of proteins is quite simple: they are formed by hooking together in a chain discrete subunits called amino acids.

... you need more than luck to navigate successfully through a thousand sieves in succession.

One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.