It must be admitted that the conception of virtue cannot be separated from the conception of happiness-producing conduct.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

All Socialism involves slavery.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience

She says you're not truly human until you've had your heart broken and you've broken someone's heart.

Surround yourself with family and treasure your time together. Family aren’t always blood. They’re the people in your life who want you in theirs

Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...' And then do it.

Fiction has this special power. It has a power to clarify, to galvanize, to prophesy, and warn.

The only kind of movement you could make in the Navy was to be a platoon leader or one of those kinds of things as you got more senior in your Navy career.

You never want to be forced to do something. But the world around you starts to influence you in ways you never expected.

All art is image making and all image making is the creation of substitutes.

Human beings are communal beings and we can't exist or prosper by ourselves. We need each other's support.

Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating