Man is distinguished not only by his reason, but also by this singular passion, from all other animals.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Eternal life truly begins the moment you’re born again. It’s a present tense—not future tense—reality. If you’re a believer, eternal life is now!

If you are not on your path of purpose, you will only have misery in your life.

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums and those in cemeteries.

I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.

The trouble with New Age music is that there's no evil in it.

Founded in August 2003, MySpace would go on to be the most-visited social networking site in the world from 2005 until early 2008.

I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

Thirty-nine was the best year of my life earnings-wise. I paid off my mortgage and felt a massive sense of achievement.

Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.