Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.

Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.

Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed.

Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool.

Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality.

To that which is born, death is certain; to that which is dead, birth is certain.

Humans were eventually irrational creatures gifted with the power of rationality.

Most people don’t care who rules, as long as their lives don’t change.

If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.

No society that places the individual above itself will survive; but neither will any society that places the individual below itself.

The end is always the same. That's why what we do does matter. Good or bad, we die. If we bring some light and prosperity into the world, isn't that better than there being less light?

Remember the friends who stuck with you when they thought you had nothing.

Seek the light.

You start with a darkness to move throughbut sometimes the darkness moves through you.

Boys don't make passes at female smart asses.

Another one of President Barack Obama's nominees is having tax issues, which proves one thing: The Democrats like raising the taxes, but they hate paying them.

I'm not an artist. I'm a fashion designer of clothes.

Provided one has the correct level of vitamin, mineral and nutritional input, the body can overcome disease.

Dinner's in one hour. If you're not back, sitting at the table, I'll beat you all unconscious with a spatula.

We never are definitely right, we can only be sure we are wrong.

I have no bone loss, no brain loss, I have a lot of energy and a lot of strength. My heart is perfect so I think I'm more ready than I would have been in my 20s, honest to God.