Coercion created slavery, the cowardice of the slaves perpetuated it.

It should be remembered that the foundation of the social contract is property; and its first condition, that every one should be maintained in the peaceful possession of what belongs to him.

The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force.

Men always love what is good or what they find good; it is in judging what is good that they go wrong.

The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.

The man who has lived the longest is not he who has spent the greatest number of years, but he who has had the greatest sensibility of life.

Every artist loves applause. The praise of his contemporaries is the most valuable part of his recompense.

To reign by opinion, begin by trampling it under your feet.

The Catholic must adopt the decision handed down to him; the Protestant must learn to decide for himself.

Youth is the time to study wisdom; old age is the time to practice it.

Truth is no road to fortune.

it is not what happens to you, it is what happens in you.

He who lives without folly is not as wise as he may think.

I don't need to work.

No sir, I don't know why, but my eyes don't cry no more.

I'm really lucky because I surround myself onset with people who I really trust to give me feedback, so I'm directing myself.

People and things have edges, but where does a landscape stop?

Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative.

Tenacity is when you follow your heart - when the whole world is screaming to get back into your head

Photography is an elegiac art, a twilight art. Most subjects photographed are, just by virtue of being photographed, touched with pathos.

Sigur Ros make beautiful music. Bloc Party are fantastic and exciting and innovative.