Observe that open loves are held to be more honourable than secret ones, and that the love of the noblest and highest, even if their persons are less beautiful than others, is especially honourable.

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 writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul.

The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down.

Much truth is spoken, that more may be concealed.

You can accept that things are awful and still have a sense of humor about it.

Comic timing is something you are either born with or do not have.

I am the last leaf on the tree, and the wind is blowing.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

I was recruited to sort of be the doc to advocate for communities that were struggling with polluting incinerators, polluting coal plants, toxic waste sites, etc.

I don't do what you people want. I Do What I Want!

Many who later lost faith in Fidel Castro can remember how they once admired the man who needed just a dozen men to launch the Cuban revolution.