Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

See yourself as you really are.Accept the good and the bad.Only then can you truly share yourself with another.

I am the catalyst of change!

Without sanctification, dwell in the state of impurity.

There is no virtue in poverty and illness. we all have been created to be healthy and wealthy with more than enough for everyone.

Just sit down and write! Me circa 2009

He came to destroy sin because it is fatal.

"I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment..."

How do you press a wildflower into the pages of an e-book?

Light-enchanted sunflower, thou Who gazest ever true and tender On the sun's revolving splendour.

The lesson of the book is that the universe is governed by the laws of science.