Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.

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.

Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently

If history only remembers one in a thousand of us, then that future will be filled with stories of who we were and what we did.

The problem with Fate is that its own purpose is often hidden in the path of the journeyed, whether they realized it or not.

Your level of comfort will increase your level of confidence.

Some were drawn towards displays of physical showboating, when it came to cats, while others preferred subtle intellectual stimulation.

I was a huge Muppet fan growing up, but that was the extent of my puppet knowledge. I really loved the art form and the whole Henson universe.

Elizabeth's back at the Red Cross, and I'm walking the dog.

I'm extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn't project that all the time.

Son of Lady Chatterley's Lover had obvious commercial advantages (as a title for this book), but it impugned the marital status of my parents, something that enough critics were already doing.

If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence.