Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief the less, because they are universal.

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.

All questions need to be explored from our hearts first & then embraced by our heads.

If a cook can't make soup between two and seven, she can't make it in a week.

I'm not sure that I am able to feel embarrassment.

History being the record of human action is a richly variegated material, and it is not easy to give a true impression of the stuff by snipping off an inch or two for a pattern.

A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame.

A dirty joke is not, of course, a serious attack on morality, but it is a sort of mental rebellion, a momentary wish that things were otherwise.

The world starts with a Big Bang and finishes with a human-made atomic Big Bang!

I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character.

Alexander Pope once wrote that the theater aspires to wake the soul by gentle strokes of art - to raise the genius and to mend the heart.

Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?