Mob rule and emasculation of the wise' and 'who will watch the guardians'?

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

A frenzy of activity that had mostly led him in circles: wasn't that a fairly accurate description of lust?

Death is our friend, precisely because it brings us into absolute and passionate presence with all that is here, that is natural, that is love.

The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.

There is nothing more to controlling demons than to do good and fear nothing.

Growing up, I found I was good at two things: Art and Math. To hear my parents say it, though, it was only, 'John is good at Math.

No nostalgia runs deeper than that for something one has never known and now cannot obtain.

Yes, romance has found it's way into my heart in the past

I'm a rock star among geeks, wonks, and nerds.

The strength of opening manhood is never so well employed as in practicing subserviency to God's revealed will; it lends a grace and a beauty to religion, and produces an abundant harvest.

It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent.