What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reasoning.

The best is the enemy of good.

Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (The perfect is the enemy of the good.)

It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions.

What is tolerance? It is a necessary consequence of humanity. We are all fallible, let us then pardon each other's follies. This is the first principle of natural right.

There is no organ inside our body that does not serve a vital purpose

The sky is NOT the limit. Beyond the universe is.

The Establishment is amassing wealth and aggressively annexing power in a way that has no precedent in modern times. After all, there is nothing to stop it.

Enrich the world with your presence.

Get on top of the obstacles and they become vantage points.

We ought to ban hunting, I suggest, if there isn't a purpose other than sport and fun. That should be against the law.

The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.

John Bond has blackened my name with his insinuations about the private lives of football managers. Both my wives are upset.

Percy," my mom said. "I give you my blessing." "Be safe brother!" Tyson pleaded. "Enchiladas!" Grover said. I wasn't sure where that came from, but it didn't seem to help much.