The law is the public conscience.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

When you see the members of your household as faultless (nirdosh) and see only your own faults, then true pratikraman will be done.

Negative feelings weigh you down and can keep you from experiencing healing, as surely as stones might weigh you down if you were trying to swim.

In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans.

It's important to be informed but I also think it's important to be inspired. I'm creating a space where people can be inspired.

To me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.

I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism.

Clarity precedes mastery and the more clear you can get on what you want to create in life, the more focused you will be in your daily behaviors.

[An] act of the Congress of the United States... which assumes powers... not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is altogether void and of no force.