As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

Don’t let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another—if we seek it.

Every species embodies a solution to some environmental challenge, and some of these solutions are breathtaking in their elegance.

The definition of Ar-Rahman: The fact that we only take from Allah and He only gives

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

Reading... a vacation for the mind.

Theories are not so much wrong as incomplete

I'm not a party animal. I'm a chill homebody. I like to watch movies and go out to eat. That's my idea of a good time. I'm definitely able to be social.

Regret is a tricky word. Here's a big secret: nobody knows what wasn't.

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Every dressing room should have a few proper bottles of bubbly.