Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Your every ill-thought, secreted hate, cynical and vicious judgment you carry is meant only for you.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

Difficult People? I don't really know. I don't have those metrics.

It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand.

If you want to be a warrior, you have to train.

I love the Potter films. I found them the most wonderful sort of escapism every year or two.

That's a real void in my life. I see a lot of people who struggled and went to jail and the dogs were after them. I'd look them in the eyes and say, 'God almighty, I wish I'd have been there.'

I was never a prodigy.

I want women to enjoy make-up more freely

My soul's a little grief, grappling your chest, To climb your throat on sobs; easily chased On other sighs and wiped by fresher winds.