Immediate necessity makes many things convenient, which if continued would grow into oppressions.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

There's nothing in life you can't accomplish, it's yours to have to be accomplished!

God fixed my heart, so I could bless yours.

I still do not understand why we don't have people on the streets every single day raising their voices for climate.

I'm really thirsty to go on tour! I love putting on a show. If the crowd ain't acting bougie, I love performing.

That was the worst part about losing someone-finding a place to store all the thoughts and feelings you'd otherwise share with them.

I knew at quite a young age that I had an issue with drinking.

When you write - explode - fly apart - disintegrate! Then give time enough to think, cut, rework, and rewrite.

Obviously classical music tends to be stuff that is usually at least a hundred years old.

Rich people focus on what they want, while poor people focus on what they don't want.