Man cannot make, or invent, or contrive principles; he can only discover them; and he ought to look through the discovery to the Author.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

This is why you shouldn’t hire your friends. It’s all nice and professional until the insubordination starts. She sighed.

Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.

If you are doing what you love to do and on the way helping the humanity, then you are a success.

Love can bless you with a sense of purpose and direction when all else fails. Because to have faith in love is to be optimistic about life. Love is hopefulness.

Every man is defined by his deeds.

you hit the lord of the titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush?

Let every lion do his duty.

To understand what is right meditation there must be an awareness of the operation of one's own consciousness, and then there is complete attention.

I stood face to face with the moon and the ocean and the future that spread out with all its bewildering immensity before me.

I quite liked Sharkey and George and then there was a cartoon with rapper MC Hammer in it - Hammertime - I loved that cartoon, it was genius! They don't make cartoons like that anymore.