Religions are like pills, which must be swallowed whole without chewing.

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.

God’s Wisdom is only revealed by His Spirit.

I became more and more convinced that even nature could be understood as a relatively simple mathematical structure.

Sometimes we make decisions about our life and they feel like the right decision at the time. No, they are the right decision at the time. But that doesn't mean they'll be the right decision forever.

One cat in a house is a sign of loneliness.

I want to reclaim who I am.

From start to finish, this movie is obviously about God. He is the main character. How is is possible that we live as though it is about us?

What appears is good; what is good appears.

It's okay to treat yourself once in awhile. I'm not going to stop eating Mexican food!

That Indians are lawless people, I would change that because it's probably the most harmful stereotype.

A pretty woman's worth some pains to see, Nor is she spoiled, I take it, if a crown Completes the forehead pale and tresses pure.