When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Truth starts with truth and ends with truth.

Like a white knight in a station wagon, he drove out of her life.

But if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?

In youth the days are short and the years are long in old age the years are short and the days long.

Internationally, I have obviously been deeply concerned about how we fight the terrorist threat.

Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.

Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.

You aren't staying in heaven because you still need to purify the mind. Your faith is powerful, but it is invested in what you believe you are, and most of what you believe about yourself is a lie.

What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.

Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.