For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.

Men of real merit, and whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge, are yet not to be endured when they vaunt their own actions.

Truth is strong enough to overcome all human sophistries.

A defeat in war is not the greatest of all evils; but when the defeat has been inflicted by enemies who are not worthy of you, then the calamity is doubled.

An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.

Amnesty, that noble word, the genuine dictate of wisdom.

Lying rumours do not penetrate farther than our ears.

Right is not unlimited, but is limited by the laws.

it struck me as an operational way to define free will, in a way that allowed you to reconcile free will with determinism. The system is deterministic, but you can’t say what it’s going to do next.

... though mathematics may teach a man how to build a bridge, it is what the Scotch Universities call the humanities, that teach him to be civil and sweet-tempered.

I cannot mislead people into believing that I support organized religion. In Jesus' name, I cannot be complicit with many of the things organized religion does.

I won't put in a load of laundry, because the machine is too loud and would drown out other, more significant noises - namely, the shuffling footsteps of the living dead.

I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

The flesh, or human nature, is generally lazy and self-centered.

Now the swinging bridge Is quieted with creepers ... Like our tendrilled life.

Desert, in generally, is a very good place to find yourself. Or lose yourself.

Green thoughts emerge from some deep source of stillness which the very fact of winter has released.

I saw an awful lot of actresses, and some of them, you thought should be hospitalized. [They] should certainly eat a hamburger, for godsake.