I shall be glad then to find a hole to creep out of the world.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Masters today, were Starters Yesterday, so begin now.

...the most important thing you must remember when dealing with a politically biased professor is to be friendly.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

As much as I would love to do roles in big movies and am keen to establish myself in the industry. I don't want to sacrifice things that I really enjoy, like spending time with my family and friends.

You don’t take pictures, the good ones happen to you.

Mastery is a journey, and that the master must have the courage to risk failure.

My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.

I grew up in Hawaii and I think those islands are some of the most amazing places on the planet.

I bought an energy bar, and as I ate it a great weariness came over me.

If you do not receive Christ as the Lamb who saves and delivers, you will face Him as the Lion who stalks and devours.