Every State is known by the rights it maintains.

A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich to protect the amenities represented by their property.

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to be civilized men.

Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

The number of substitutes for fine and clean thinking the world provides positively gnaws at one's vitals.

No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.

A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.

Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty.

If it weren't for the law, I would steal books; if it weren't for my purse, I would buy them.

The only real security for social well-being is the free exercise of men's minds.

If there is one thing fundamental to the life of the spirit it is the absence of force.

Always stand up for Truth regardless of who steps on it.

For the first 30years of life, you keep learning. The rest of your life you keep unlearning what you had learnt

You connect yourself to the viewer by by sharing something that is inside of you that connects with something inside of him. All you have as your guide is that you know what moves you.

Conscience unlike a beard does not grow overnight, you have it or you don't

Somewhere deep insider her, the feeling of appreciation had begun to soothe and quiet all the other negative feelings.

I like people and I like hearing their stories. The way that they deliver them is always very particular and I think that their accents are integral to that.

If you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe.

A long time ago, I remember having cooperated with Shirley Bassey and I will never forget this moment which I shared with her while playing for and with her.

My mother's been married many, many times and grew up believing in love like that. It's remarkable.

Before children, even the most cynical people throw down their usual masks and become capable of feeling the purity and love which all human beings seek.