When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.

You don’t have to remind a flower when its time to bloom is near

In high vengeance there is noble scorn.

There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take the one with a heart.

Fathers represent another way of looking at life - the possibility of an alternative dialogue.

Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.

We all need to rededicate ourselves to making America great and making it a more perfect union.

Self-love is better than any gilding to make that seem gorgeous wherein ourselves be parties.

The best Reformed theology isn't just about careful arguments for theologically sophisticated conclusions. It is about how to live the Christian life.

When your guru gives you a command, you better listen to it. I love everybody. Even George Bush.

The poor taxpayer may wipe his shoes on a $3 doormat when he goes home, but not the Navy. It is, damn the cost, full feet ahead on a doormat you would be ashamed to get muddy.