To name a thing is easy: the difficulty is to discern it before its appearance.

Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

the government can do nothing for you. But you can do everything for yourselves

In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society.

All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.

The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!

The proprietor, producing neither by his own labor nor by his implement, and receiving products in exchange for nothing, is either a parasite or a thief.

Liberty, Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order.

I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

We haven't remained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time. Through books Cathy and I have lived a zillion lives . . . our vicarious way to feel alive.

Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow.

Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy.

I have this wonderful capacity just to walk away from my mistakes and not dwell on them.

Fortune, that with malicious joyDoes man her slave oppress,Proud of her office to destroy,Is seldom pleasd to bless.

Regrets? I think everyone has regrets, and people who say they haven't are either liars or narcissists

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

Worship is as natural to the human family as the sing of the sun is to the cosmic order.

He seemeth to be most ignorant that trusteth most to his wit.

Dreams, dreams. I walk them; I live them. I delude myself with them. It's a wonder I can spot reality anymore.