To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done.

They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

She's like a hurricane on crystal meth.

Ends the policy of catch and release at the border, requires other countries to take back their criminals.

At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when He brought some people into being

When we contact each other, we change each other. We are constantly making each other.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.

My mom is a sculptress.

The best feelings in your life come when you start feeling good after you've been feeling just awful

I feel like I should be able to be 18 and have the friends that I choose and to have fun and live my life.