Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich to protect the amenities represented by their property.

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to be civilized men.

The number of substitutes for fine and clean thinking the world provides positively gnaws at one's vitals.

No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.

A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.

Every State is known by the rights it maintains.

Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty.

If it weren't for the law, I would steal books; if it weren't for my purse, I would buy them.

The only real security for social well-being is the free exercise of men's minds.

If there is one thing fundamental to the life of the spirit it is the absence of force.

You taste like sugar, " he pants through a smile, still out of breath."Somehow I doubt that. But I appreciate the thought.

You're only limited by your thoughts. You're limitless, boundless, endless and edgeless.

I wonder if I were to have an X-ray at the little hospital, would the machine see my grief? Is it like rust, arheum about the heart?

Khuda tujhe kisi toofaan se aashna karde, Ke tere behr ki maujon men iztiraab naheenMay God grant you a storm! The voyage of your life is on too placid an ocean…

Dance with your sacred rhythm.

If I were a snarky Reddit user though, I would say, hypothetically, that that would just be like reading Reddit's Front Page a day later. But I'm not going to go there.

There's something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.

Reincarnation is an apprehension of a movement and the movement occurs in time. Without time, there is no reincarnation. Reincarnation is a reflection of time in this world.

The government never does anything successfully.

I have come to the definite conclusion that musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed.