Ideas govern the world, or throw it into chaos.

Positivism is a theory of knowledge according to which the only kind of sound knowledge available to human kind is that if science grounded in observation.

Nothing is destroyed until it is replaced.

The sacred formula of positivism: love as a principle, the order as a foundation, and progress as a goal.

Know yourself to improve yourself.

To reorganize society without God or King, by the systematic culture of Humanity.

Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.

Everything is relative; and only that is absolute.

Woman is the most moral element in all humanity.

If we do not allow free thinking in chemistry or biology, why should we allow it in morals or politics?

Religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown under proper education.

Never let the world take your smile

Adversity purifies the spirit and refines the soul.

No need to queue up

Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It's black and white - dramatic. You have to be strong.

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.

Education is the motor-force of revolution.

One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or a fixed set of theological propositions.

Happiness is a tiger in your tank and a pussycat in your back seat.

It's more interesting isn't it, if I've got a hedonistic dark side?

You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.