For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.

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.

Leaps of faith tend to favour those with long legs.

He who when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.

Unkindness almost always stands for the displeasure that one has in oneself.

The sweetest hunts are stolen. To steal a hunt, either go far into the wilderness where no one has been, or else find some undiscovered place under everybody's nose

The citizen takes his city for granted far too often. He forgets to marvel.

Wars are started by the truth. Peace is proclaimed with lies.

Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.

When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.

Novels are about other people and poems are about yourself.

Stand-up is really personal. It's not like somebody else is writing the script and you have to do what they write.