But to proceed in this reconciling project with regard to the question of liberty and necessity; the most contentious question of metaphysics, the most contentious science.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

Some people spend their whole lives seeking heaven, when all they needed to do was look about them, and embrace that which was already there.

There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people.

The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future.

If you think and feel what you're supposed to think and feel, hard enough, it'll come out through your eyes - and the camera will see it.

Nationality isn't soul.

The American people have a right to know that, when Donald Trump's making decisions, they are being made in their best interests without him lining his pockets.

Whatever you do, make sure you go right to the top, because you sure as hell can't piss upwards on people.

MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended - including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL.

The worst thing in the world when you feel broken is to have somebody coming at you with open-faced love.

The primary subject of fiction is and has always been human emotion, values, and beliefs.