Reason, it is true, is DICTATOR in the Society of Mankind; from her there ought to lie no Appeal; But here we want a Pope in our Philosophy, to be the infallible Judge of what is or is not Reason.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

It is never too late to be wise.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.

Ego seeks the domination by war, but spirit seeks the peace through love.

It started to hurt less because it mattered so much less.

Then, she let it go.

Don't be a one hit wonder. Daringly disrupt the marketplace again and again.

I do not intend for 'honor, courage, and commitment' to be just words; I expect them to frame the way that we live and act.

There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.

You can't give up until the finish line, that's something I've learned.

To write about a place, you have to live there.

Whenever I'm asked to identify my best work, or my favorite, my answer has always been the same - 'My next one!'

Most people believe that the Christian commandments are intentionally a little too severe