We call an intention good which is right in itself, but the action is good, not because it contains within it some good, but because it issues from a good intention.

It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.

The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.

Nothing can be believed unless it is first understood; and that for any one to preach to others that which either he has not understood nor they have understood is absurd.

Logic has made me hated in the world.

By doubting we come to questioning, and by questioning we perceive the truth.

Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others

Language is generated by the intellect and generates the intellect.

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.

The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning.

I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than the trophies of war.

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

Mates such as they must stand by one another

If the only way for you to get people to do your bidding is through force or intimidation, you are neither a leader nor a boss: you are an a**hole.

I just kill them because they were monsters and demons.

It's funny how God will change your plans for you when he's ready.

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government.

We heard no other sounds. We met no other people. We saw only two bright red birds leap startled from the center of the meadow and dart into the woods.

In place of the old bourgeois society, with its classes and class antagonisms, we shall have an association in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.

I'd like to try different genres: comedy, period drama, rom-com, action.

I stare out the window and wait for spring.