Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores You keep to your own ways, and leave mine to me

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence.

We have a lot of questions, and we want to understand.Music helps with that .Music helps with everything.

It wasn't like she was lonely and in fact – she had understood it all in every way except with her brain. Now she knew that she knew.

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

Life is a great surprise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

...whoever is guided solely by his own judgment and decision will never climb up to the summit of perfection and will not fail to be the victim of the devil's ruinous power to delude.

I'll tell ya, I'm a genuinely nice guy. I really am. A real nice guy. But I think I'm temperamental.

Man is the highest being in creation, because he attains to freedom.

Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.