Arguments, like men, are often pretenders.

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.

Man, I’m just trying to get you lighten up a bit.” “Murphy, we’re looking at a thousand rotting corpses. Lighten up?” “Life is what you make it, man.

But the more I think about it, the more I think PC words are a crock of shit. If I want to describe something using a stupid word, I should.

Could a vow be not all the way broken? Could a sin be not all the way committed?

It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.

It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last.

I've always been supportive of the right of Israel as a state, and I've always fought against anti-Semitism, even in my own community.

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur.

The Vermont mountains stretch extended straight; New Hampshire mountains curl up in a coil.

Whatever you are looking for can only be found inside of you.

I don't see any elderly people in the crowd. Are there any old Dauntless? Do they not last that long, or are they just sent away when they can't jump off moving trains anymore?