The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

In valor there is hope.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

The most seditious is the most cowardly.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.

It sounded so weird when people called shoyu "soy sauce." It made it sound like Tabasco or something instead of the clean and perfect thing that it was.

Not all marketing people are writers, but all writers must learn to be marketers.

Inflation is taxation without legislation.

I thought, well, if we're inviting an audience, let's do it right. So I put in a proper studio audience at our studios in Los Angeles and it was just a little showcase and it was just for fun.

It's only a story, isn't it?"... "Who's to say what's only a story and what's truth disguised as a story?

Once you have a firefighter in your family, your family and the families from his crew become one big extended family.

Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.

What makes Amma happy, is to see her children helping others to feel happy.

My soul I'll pour into thee.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.