Be a philosopher but amid all your philosophy be still a man.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

The most liberating feeling in the world is to not give the negative opinions of others any traction.

The phrase "I dont know" is the most honest thing anyone could ever say.

Every body and thing has politics involved. Every. Single. Thing.

I've rebelled against all types of conformity throughout my life, not just Utah's conservative culture

Spiritual balance is the ability to remain happy, to not be hostile to your neighbor when they are being hostile, and not to get caught up in the trivia.

Be careful never to retire to rest in a room not properly ventilated.

They remember when their parents went out there, had picnics on the Beck's Mill grounds. It was the nostalgia of it.

It's easy to stand up and say I will destroy ISIS; I will make the sands in the Middle East glow in the dark. Well, that's fine, but you have to have something to do that with.

I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood.

If only Jupiter would restore me those bygone years.