There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

At the end of time I want my art to stand up and my soul to bow down.

Life tends to deliver on what we order…so when you think I’m worthless, you get a life fitting what thought. When you think I’m fabulous…you get that.

Earth is a flower in the Garden of Cosmos! And therefore, a flower on Earth is a flower within the flower!

Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done.

Aggressiveness is not the main trouble with the human species, but rather an excess capacity for fanatical devotion.

At that age, it's one of the worse things in the world to wake up and not see your bike where you left it.

He who gets nearer the sun is leader, the aristocrat of aristocrats, or he who, like Dostoevsky, gets nearest the moon of our non-being.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise

But in real life, happily-ever-after is just the beginning. It's where life starts.

If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!