The costliness of keeping friends does not lie in what one does for them, but in what one, out of consideration for them, refrains from doing.

The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge.

The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition.

Believing everybody is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous.

The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains.

I also try to think of ways to articulate the joke more economically.

Peace be with you," I said, and as I turned to resume my journey with Coyote, I added under my breath, "and asskicking be with me.

I'm lucky to be alive. It took three years of therapy to recover but I did it.

My parents wanted me to grow up around horses and open spaces.

As I grow older, I constantly learn more.

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.