If there be such a thing as truth, it must infallibly be struck out by the collision of mind with mind.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.

Death... The moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.

I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least.

This seems highly likely, especially as it has been shown that in several systems mutations affecting the same amino acid are extremely near together on the genetic map.

Teach me, my God and king In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee

To use the term blind faith, is to use an adjective needlessly.

Our presuppositions shape our perspective, our perspective shapes our priorities, and our priorities shape our practice.

Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty.

I don't feel I'm thrown around by the winds of taste and fashion.

I'm attracted to women who are smart and funny and ambitious and have lives of their own and great families. Isn't that what attracts anyone?

I never write with particular actors in mind.