Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off.

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.

We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art--we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.

I ordered a hot chocolate and Chandler got a black coffee. He smiled over at me. "Still no love for coffee?"I shook my head. "Nah, why have bitter and gross when I can have sweet and delicious?

I was terribly, painfully present in the world, and so far removed from it.

The more I'm let alone and not worried the better I can function.

If you think you can you can. And if you think you can't you're right.

By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being.

The business of the Christian is nothing else but to be ever preparing for death.

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.

Kristina has been to the Maldives but never to Venice, and I have been to Venice but never to the Maldives.

Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.