One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.

The selfish and self-centered have a hard time being kind, even though you and I know that kindness is a source of relief to the soul.

Your eyes hold all the answers to my life's problems.

You can't expect devil to show you the path that leads to Heaven.

We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves

In the given circumstances you must be rooted in the play. Do not depart from the play. Don't cut yourself off from your partner in the scene, or partners.

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.

I have one of those real old American built cars. The kind that just PUNCHES through accidents.

Children of men! the unseen Power, whose eye Forever doth accompany mankind, Hath look'd on no religion scornfully That men did ever find.

Between wisdom and a good shield, always prefer the wisdom, because no shield can protect us better than wisdom!

our dreams draw blood from old sores.