I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

What worries you, masters you.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins.

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

Revolt is the right of the people

I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.

I believe that theology is facing the abyss.I must face the abyss, the abyss of existence, the abyss of mystery. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)

Those who get in the way of love's path will be kicked by horses. ~Kyoya

Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment; it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for.

It doesn't matter where you come from or who you think you are, we're all human beings with beating hearts.

Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.

Writers are like eremites or anchorites - natural-born eremites or anchorites - who seem puzzled as to why they went up the pole or into the cave in the first place.

Food is love, for my body, wellbeing, and the animals that go unheard every day.

I'm hyperactive, and I went in the studio and I would just start making records, for no reason.

I think, therefore matter is capable of thinking.

Handcuffs weigh much more than gravestones.