I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals.

All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth - in a word, all those bodies which compose the frame of the world - have not any subsistence without a mind.

To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi)." Or, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few.

It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends and neighbours should be true to the public.

Few men think, yet all will have opinions.

The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.

That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man.

A ray of imagination or of wisdom may enlighten the universe, and glow into remotest centuries.

So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken.

Where the people are well educated, the art of piloting a state is best learned from the writings of Plato.

It's all very well going round with two fingers stuck up at the world, but what happens when the world turns round and sticks them back up at you?The world's a lot bigger than I am.

You never know who it's going to be, or what they'll bring, but whatever it is, it's always exactly what is needed.

Be You! It is so enchanting to see the beauty that radiates from someone freely expressing their uniqueness.

Every city began as a campsite - pg. 25

Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.

News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.

I've always loved singing. I find it exhilarating.

Sachin Tendulkar is the hardest batsman I've ever had to bowl to because he judges the length a lot quicker than anyone else.

Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.

No man knows distinctly anything, and no man ever will.