One must choose between making a man or a citizen, for one cannot make both at the same time.

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains

The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.

I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

What is truth? Truth is ever-changing law. We both have truths. Are mine the same as yours? (Crucify him! Crucify him!)

The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.

If we can't program it, we can't understand it.

The soul is a living, dynamic part of each person. It exists as consciousness and therefore must be found in consciousness.

There are no manners left in America at all, because all you're doing is kicking the person next to you so that you can consume more, see more, and get more.

General rules have been legislated into being by past masters.

Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.

Be respectful of words. They mean something.

The Secret is within you.

Like music, yoga is a journey -- one that is long enough so you keep developing, and keep learning. I don't see an end to it.