It is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear and cowardice.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Not the kind of person, who believes that it is best to believe "what happened, happened as it should happen" when things don't come as expected.

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece.

I don't believe. I know.

I really said, 'Okay, this is just the right job for me. This is really what I need to be doing: telling stories through music in lots of different styles of music.'

I would be wary of experts' intuition, except when they deal with something that they have dealt with a lot in the past.

Tenderness can be just as abstract as insanity.

Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed.

This could but have happened once,- And we missed it, lost it forever.

I long to be in the midst of the children, and have more pleasure in their little follies than in the wisdom of the wise.

If people leave your coalition, whose fault is it? It's your fault. You have to build a coalition that's attractive to people.