I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

All knowledge hurts.

To choose light is to reject darkness.

It was easy to be moral when that was the way you felt anyway. The hard bit about morality was making yourself feel the opposite of what you really felt.

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

Dawn seemed to follow midnight with indecent haste.

Shut up, sit in that chair there and go into a deep trance!

No one places her dreams in the hands of those who might destroy them.

Remember, if you are criticising, you are not being grateful. If you are blaming, you are not being grateful. If you are complaining, you are not being grateful.

Racism is stupid. It’s an insult to God, arrogantly implying that God goofed-up when he chose to make us all different.

One day the Constitution of Colorado is the highest law of the state. The next day it’s waste paper.