No Discourse whatsoever, can End in absolute Knowledge of Fact.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me--the sole ground on which I accept your judgment.

Looking toward the future. It's as bright as you make it.

They are the living dead and we have many of those among us, spending their days whining and complaining and never making any attempt to change their lives for the better.

LEAR: ...yet you see how this world goes.GLOS.: I see it feelingly.

I would have to say the person with whom I am most in love is definitely my son, Everly Bear. Although I'm his dad, I'm also his friend.

Having a baby is like suddenly getting the world's worst roommate, like having Janis Joplin with a bad hangover and PMS come to stay with you.

You simply cannot make more (reefs), unless you have a few thousand years to wait.

Saying "please" without saying it to someone you don't want to say "please" to in the first place tops the list of hard.

That's my motto. That's what I stand by. That's what I believe in. Just continue to tell yourself 'why not?' Continue to strive and make the right play to help your team win.

Lord Jesus, don't let me lie when I say that I love you.....and protect me, for today I could betray you.