Between craft and credulity, the voice of reason is stifled.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

People say things to me like, 'It's really cool that you don't go out and get drunk all the time and go to clubs.' I appreciate that, but I'm kind of an introverted kind of person just by nature.

Silence is so powerful, so important. There is so much to be learned from it.

But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture.

I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.

One parody is worth a thousand polemics.

Life isn't a dress rehearsal

Laugh, if thou art wise.

Complainers rule out happiness, mentioning it only as something lost.

An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave.