The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

Turn over the rudder in God's name, and sail with the wind heaven sends us.

Don’t cause wealth loss to your generation! Life is too short to be little. You have an impact to make on your generation and the time to start was yesterday.

Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness - perhaps unimaginative of me.

Only the Republican Party cares about the issues that concern me.

I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn...but the troops were dazzled!

They called me the sexiest economist in America, and that was years ago, when I had hair and body mass and my teeth were shiny.

In a world without the law of God, you have chaos, oppression, tyranny, and everyone doing what is right in their own eyes.

Nothing has tended more to retard the advancement of science than the disposition in vulgar minds to vilify what they cannot comprehend.

Make your team feel respected, empowered and genuinely excited about the company's mission.

Make your life a masterpiece: Step beyond the demands of the moment and begin right now to design and live the life you deserve.