Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

All Socialism involves slavery.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

Those who do not weep, do not see.

I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.

Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.

Have you at any time been detained in a mental home or similar institution? If so, give particulars.' 'I was at Scone College, Oxford, for two years,' said Paul.

I don't vote for the guy I trust. I vote for the guy who trusts me the most.

I wanted to give up, but my family kept me going.

Your English style will no doubt put all the other gentlemen to bed. I speak figuratively, of course.

I sold my life to Capitol Records; it sucks.

Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.

I’m not, like, that smart.