the language of truth is too simple for inexperienced ears.

Credulity is always a ridiculous, often a dangerous failing: it has made of many a clever man, a fool; and of many a good man, a knave.

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

Equality! Where is it, if not in education? Equal rights! They cannot exist without equality of instruction.

Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.

Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning.

Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not.

... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free to choose, can have a government at all.

Trust me, there are as many ways of living as there are men, and one is no more fit to lead another, than a bird to lead a fish, or a fish a quadruped.

These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.

the mode of delivering a truth makes, for the most part, as much impression on the mind of the listener as the truth itself.

Madness is freedom and some may only perceive its Insanity.

Facing facts is definitely preferable to facing defeat.

I think having an uncompromising ideology eventually forces you out of the norm.

We are going to be working very hard on the inner cities having to do with education, having to do with crime. We're going to try and fix as quickly as possible.

It doesnt matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesnt give me more or less motivation.

From my experience of having served for 3000 days, I can say that anything can be achieved.

Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.

Heaven isnot a place, and it isnot atime.Heaven isbeing perfect.

I tried to convey to the boy how people's lives are often altered by curved lines read slowly from paper, sand, or stone.

I think a part of being successful or trying to be successful is staying true to who you are. Be genuine.