It is a difficult task, O citizens, to make speeches to the belly, which has no ears.

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.

On Wednesday, when the sky is blue, and I have nothing else to do, I sometimes wonder if it's true That who is what and what is who." - Winnie-the-Pooh

It's often only in the lies we refuse to speak that any truth can be heard at all.

You never know you're in a bubble until it pops.

When you make work, the concept is the basis for it; all choices of aesthetics or mediums come later.

Cheaters are people who have a lot of stuff to work out, and they're working it out on your time and with your heart.

If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot.

I think that what happens is that all of my modern influences blend together with the older soul influences and you get Mayer Hawthorne.

I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.

I want to say to anyone who works in a drone workplace, raise the bar! There's no reason why you have to dress to the lowest common denominator.

Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.