In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.

it’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.

People are not dumb. They feel if you want rather to lead them than to love them.

Be fresh like a flower, be loving like water.

Despair is a night without lights. Dreams are the sunrise that leads you out of the darkness.

Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it's home.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

Like everything genuine, its inner life guarantees its truth. All works of art created by truthful minds without regard for the work's conventional exterior remain genuine for all times...

That energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterwards makes him a manager of life.

Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.

You know, whether it be humans or animals. So even humans - before we can speak or we can understand a baby's cognition - they're already showing us signs that they want choice.