For if all things were equally in all men, nothing would be prized.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

To know ‘as it is’ is Real Knowledge (Gnan).

It is how we nurture the good and deal with the bad that ultimately shapes our destiny.

He must become an apprentice to ordinary life.

I can't even vote in America!

When it comes time to default, they’re not going to remember any of the Republicans’ names. They are going to remember in history books one name, and that's Obama.

I felt a positive yearning toward one bush this afternoon. There was a match found for me at last. I fell in love with a shrub oak.

Anyone who hears enough laughter and applause at a young age will become an actor, whether they intend to or not.

Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight.

Learn as much as you can about your proposed business. Ask questions. Join industry associations. Study successful competitors carefully.

The body is amazingly stubborn when it comes to sacrificing itself to the annihilating directions of the mind.