At length I recollected the thoughtless saying of a great princess, who, on being informed that the country people had no bread, replied, "Let them eat cake".

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains

The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.

I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

Compassionate love may be strong. It sobs, it burns, then it wipes away its tears – and it does nothing.

The lower a human being descends, the more asleep and inhumane he becomes. Those beings that lack Compassion, Love, and Peace are the true targets of the ego system...

I don’t think Will Herondale and a sense of responsibility are even on speaking terms

Truth is independent of all dogmas, ancient or modern.

To anyone with a drop of Irish blood in them the land they live on is like their mother. It's the only thing that lasts, that's worth working for, for fighting for

Sometimes when I hear my voice on tape, I'm like, 'Who is that horrible man?

In the creative arts you draw a special power. The discipline required is awesome to be an actor or an actress, to be really good, not just another one waiting tables.

[Donald Trump] said it's against affordable health care for poor people and will not fight to raise wages for working poor people, that's pushing all of them in terms of policy.

My parents, and their interest in making the world a better place for more people inspired me.

Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty