I was born, have lived, and will die free.

Every man is his own worst enemy

It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.

God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is adapting Himself to our foolishness, our limited capacity.

There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

Ignorance is not innocence.

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.

I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.

Vulnerability creates unimaginable space to build each other up, as much as it creates ample room to tear each other down.

The major purpose of defining and understanding yourself is to be able to come up with an objective strategy to map your success.

My children's faces are private candles i sometimes worship at.

People are fascinated by the rich: Shakespeare wrote plays about kings, not beggars.

Our contemporary Tories prefer the term 'ordered liberty' to 'freedom'. The word 'freedom' scares them; it has too much of a paleolithic ring to it.

I like taking my time and seeing the things around me and appreciating the now.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

only when it rains. and sometimes, too, when i remember.

Truth stands for the fact, nonviolence negates the fact.

The supreme good of life is vitality. And vitality is always seeping away.