Until philosophers hold power, neither states nor individuals will have rest from trouble.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Today and every day, live and lead the memory you want to leave behind.

Every human perfection is allied to a defect into which it threatens to pass, but it is also true that every defect is allied to a perfection.

I think life goes through a cycle of losing and refinding yourself all the time. Everyone has disappointments all the time, some of them pretty small, some of them pretty big.

It is the brushwork of the right value and color which should produce the drawing.

Er-my-nee," Ron croaked unexpectedly from between them.

Depression as one example is an illness that has a chemical basis, but also is deeply embedded in cultural norms about gender, social class, race.

It takes a unique woman to see me as any sort of catch.

No one is wise at all times.

It's not about finding out who you are, it's about creating who you are.

When I'm in northern Italy, I walk about feeling slightly less of a freak.