The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world and I said groaning, "What can get through from such snares?" Then I heard a voice saying to me, "Humility.

What is merely a hypothesis to anyone else is an overwhelming temptation to a wizard.

The alternative to peace is war, which will expose everyone to mass casualties, misery and a loss of perspective for many years to come.

He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.

Whenever you're making a movie, especially when you're writing, you always have self-doubts.

I have a single track mind. I work on an idea for a long time. It's like getting acquainted with a person, and I don't get acquainted easily.

Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world.

You are a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.

Most often the earlier a cult member is approached through an intervention the more likely they are to be responsive.

Let him who would move and convince others, be first moved and convinced himself.