In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

One of our goals is to encourage people that there is hope, there is a future.

It takes a good leader, with integrity, to enhance a leader with passion.

When man desires to live as long as a tree, his diet will be fruit.

I try to look at the texts and say: Is there a way that I can find history in the texts and separate it from what may be the mythological elements, and I don't find any rules for that.

The Network of Enlightenment watches over a world and guides it, tenderly. Not interfering in its natural course of evolution is our way.

Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will.

I really was alone, and the only thing worse than being alone was having everyone else see how lonely you were

The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change.

It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding than merely reading about them.

It's the Devil's way now, There is no way out, You can scream and you can shout, It is too late now.