No man can be judge to his own cause.

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.

Admittedly, there will be times when you must interact on a superficial level and adjust your behavior to fit in, go along and get along.

The ‘deep pause’ needed to cultivate wonder is far too often back-filled with an incessant busyness, as busyness errantly presumes a ‘deep pause’ to be deeply wasteful.

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldnt have to paint at all.

I'm not a psychopath, I'm a fully functioning sociopath. Do your research.

I am no apologist for Fidel's [Castro] regime. It is, after all, a totalitarian regime. So I would like to see that change.

It’s interesting to see how other people react to an oversharer.

Working inspires inspiration. Keep working. If you succeed, keep working. If you fail, keep working. If you are interested, keep working. If you are bored, keep working.

You're aging when your actions creak louder than your words.

Nourish your eye and spirit with inspiring things. They will bloom with your tending.

If you're going to solve a weight-loss problem - or smoking problem for that matter - you must address both the psychological and physiological.