The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.

We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

De omnibus dubitandum

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

Humility is truth.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

You fail in your thoughts, or you prevail in your thoughts only.

People's opinions of themselves are legible in their countenances.

Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.

And I remember looking at Gray Davis and, you know, Gray is the consummate political operative.

Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!

The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our Constitution.

Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from His prohibitions.