Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

The little waiter's eyebrows wandered about his forehead in confusion.

The effect of overworking

Most of you guys can't see the potential in a nervous breakdown. A real collapse. There's more chance of finding yourself in a major depression than there is in a bottle Prozac.

an old villa surrounded by a garden looked to them like the image of a comforting home, the dream of an idyll long past.

If (investing) weren't a little difficult, everybody would be rich.

I have nothing to regret, to retract or take back . . . I can only say; God Save Ireland!

God stays faithful to us in spite of our repeated failures.

Every day, we've got to do something physical. It's mind, body and spirit.

Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.