I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested.

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

He who understands the wise is wise already.

The answer to having a better life is not about getting a better life, it's just about changing how we see the one we have right now.

A bus ride is like being in another world.

Never focus on what you can’t do - only imagine everything you could.

Washington has always had a pretty healthy amount of self-loathing.

My world has changed, and so have I. I have learned to choose and I have learned to say goodbye.

You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike.

I didn't get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy.

I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.

I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone's exhausted. Get focused, do it!

The only guide to a man's conscience, the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.