Nothing exists without a cause, the original cause of this universe we call God.

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

Killing yourself slowly is still killing yourself. Wanting to die is not the same as wanting to come home. Recovery is hard work. Not wanting to die is hard work.

Love is the purest form of each individual on the planet Earth

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

Never have more children than you have car windows.

I'm known as a winner now.

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Devils don't come from hell beneath us, they come from the sky.

We got together in a few days a company of the toughest old salts imaginable--not pretty to look at, but fellows, by their faces, of the most indomitable spirit.

A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction.

The Cuban people have an amazingly strong and unbroken spirit.