Rousseau was mad but influential; Hume was sane but had no followers.

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

Dwelling on the sins of the past won't help us stop the evils of the present.

Living in New Zealand, it's like a different world - it is a different world. It's very, very cool.

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.

An Olympic pursuit really takes a full three to four years of Olympic preparation.

There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness.

Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

Our treasures trifles seem, and all our life is dreaming, and the dreams themselves are dreams.

There is nothing in the world so easy to explain as failure - it is, after all, what everybody does all the time.

Perhaps people who are gushing over the Obama Cult today might do well to stop and think about what it would mean for their granddaughters to live under Sharia law.