No man can see his own prejudices.

Credulity is always a ridiculous, often a dangerous failing: it has made of many a clever man, a fool; and of many a good man, a knave.

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

Equality! Where is it, if not in education? Equal rights! They cannot exist without equality of instruction.

Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.

Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning.

Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not.

... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free to choose, can have a government at all.

Trust me, there are as many ways of living as there are men, and one is no more fit to lead another, than a bird to lead a fish, or a fish a quadruped.

These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.

the mode of delivering a truth makes, for the most part, as much impression on the mind of the listener as the truth itself.

When we learn to love unconditionally we will find endless happiness and infinite peace.

The only reason I am successful is because I have stayed true to myself.

It's not called the Theatre of Dreams for nothing.

It's a mark of any icon that it should be open to iconoclasm.

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.

Life is precious, do not waste it doing anything that your heart does not respect or agree with.

When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.