Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

You are born with the kingdom laws programmed into your being

We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

Adversity makes men wise but not rich.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

Your serenity matters to heaven. God's presence encapsulates your life.

I wouldn't have wanted to miss the opportunity to make those three films that didn't do well. They were really important to me, and the things I learned doing them were important to me.

I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,' on the other.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Now to what...? How we teach people to make choices and the things they're going to make choices over - that is culturally learned.