Does anyone really know where they're going to?

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

Knowledge deepens with experience.

But if you want to continue to be slaves of the banks and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let bankers continue to create money and control credit.

For some reason, I struggle seeing myself as a leading man.

Being poor is like being a child. Being rich is like being an adult: you get to do whatever you want. Everyone is nice when they have to be; rich people are nice when they feel like it.

The notion that the colonel need be a better man than the private is as confused as the notion that the keystone need be stronger than the coping stone.

We listened to them, but it was clear they'd received too much therapy to know the truth.

Grace is the offer of God's ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.

I was always directing; even back when I started on stage. I was always throwing out ideas. I just love creating stories and for some reason people would listen.

When I am at home, I never watch TV, but when I am abroad in a hotel I take a look at the BBC to find out what's going on.

Even though 'Glee' is sometimes a hard road, I am very excited about writing a multi-year arc.