Public influence is the real government of the world.

Governments commit more crimes upon persons and property and contribute more to their insecurity than all [the] criminals put together.

It is dangerous to understand new things too quickly.

It has now become a very common sentiment, that there is some deep and radical wrong somewhere, and that legislators have proved themselves incapable of discovering, or, of remedying it.

Liberty, then, is the SOVEREIGNTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

It has a sound and rational circulating medium, a real and definite representative of wealth.

I decline all noisy, wordy, confused, and personal controversies.

The disconnection of Church and State was a master stroke for freedom and harmony.

Wise are my ways witty my actions

To know shame is to be human. And to have the capacity for empathy is also to be human.

We need to broaden our sympathies both in space and time - and perceive ourselves as part of a long heritage, and stewards for an immense future.

It's like a runner or a swimmer training all the time. I sing every day.

It shouldn't hurt to be a child.

Nowadays people write English as if a rat were caught in the typewriter and they were trying to hit the keys which wouldn't disturb it.

Just like sweeping the streets, sweep the unnecessary things from your mind too; keep your mind clean!

Leadership isn't answering the questions others ask. Leadership is asking others to answer their own questions.

I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of the issue where reason is left free to exert her force.

Allah the Exalted loves him who forgoes worldly life, the Angels love him who rejects the vices, and the Muslims love him who gives up greediness in respect of the Muslims.