And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become the worst?

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

I guess I have a gift for expressing pedestrian tastes. In a way, it's kind of depressing.

We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from an example of good; and it is well to accustom ourselves to profit by the evil which is so common, while that which is good is so rare.

This was work (music industry) but it was the awakening to what was to become a life's passion.

Being offended is part of being in the real world.

All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor.

Success can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker.

I should deem a man-of-war incomplete without a body of Marines...imbued with that esprit that has so long characterized the "Old Corps."

If I say that God is good, that is not true. God is not good. I am good, and if I say that God is wise, that is not true. I am wiser than he is.

It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.

There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I'm always the last one to know about these things, literally.