Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.

Love can be a very frightening thing.”“That is why most great love stories are tragedies.

Publishing a book is like being pregnant. By the end, you're just ready to get that baby out!

Having Willie Stargell on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger.

You measure peace with guns, progress in megatons. Who's left when the war is won?

A friend of mine said Winn-Dixie is the way that people want the world to be and Tiger Rising is the way that it is.

Martial arts has been a way of life for me since I was a young kid. It created a discipline and respect for everything. Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life.

Used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue. It's not like honey dip would wanna get with me, But just in case I own more condoms than TLC.

The only ache people have nowadays is ache in the stomach due to over eating and lack of exercise!

Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica and is widely regarded as the most important innovator in scientific and technical computing today.

My parents gave up a lot to bring me up in the little house on the prairie, and I wasn't prepared to make those sacrifices, nor was the generation before me and the generation after.