Is it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed? The shallowest understanding, the rudest hand, is more than equal to that task.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

You don't need great faith to move mountains, you only need to use the poor faith you say you have.

Charity followed the pirate. To salvation or to hell, she would soon find out.

Believing in your standards for a square deal, even when there's no way to get it, is what allows you to create boundaries and take independent action.

I don't think you can decide how famous or not you become.

It's such a surreal experience, being shot out of the cannon for any kind of first season show. It all seems very dreamlike.

Being a teenager is hard.

The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.

All that is required is to know this. For you are the creator of your reality, and life can show up no other way for you than that way in which you think it will.

The virtue lies in the struggle, not the prize.

Practice? I never practice. I just write songs and take solos.