There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game. (Act 1, scene 4)

The most welcome and painful moments of the life is within marriage.

With current technology it is possible to put four floppy disk drives in a personal computer. It is just that doing so would be pointless.

I asked my dad what afflicted meant and he said 'Sickness son, and things that don't fit.'

I don't really care what people think, ... I just do my own thing. ... I like being loud and letting people know I'm there.

The media - they want to rush everything. They want to give their seedy opinions without knowing all the facts.

My perception of making a movie before I started making movies was that it would be like “Spy Kids.”

My one ambition is to play a hero.

I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport.

As for methods of prayer, all of them are good as long as they are sincere.