It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.

Nobody's perfect. Well, there was this one guy, but we killed him....

You love tests?""Well, yeah. There are questions and answers. True or false, multiple choice, essay. What's not to love?

He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear:And you all know, securityIs mortals' chiefest enemy.

If the great Phil Ochs were to rise from the dead today, he would probably be hailed as the new David Rovics.

The right to vote is the right upon which all of our rights are leveraged - and without which none can be protected.

Some people have certain beliefs, and I have my own belief, and we can agree to disagree on certain things.

Beat it to death if it succeeds.

I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.

I relax and enjoy life. I know that whatever I need to know is revealed to me in the perfect time and space sequence.

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.