The man-at-arms is the only man.

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.

Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife unless the one is to be sold and the other to be buried.

I am committed to doing customer service for Craigslist for the rest of my life. The exit strategy is death.

The politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder.

Youth does not think into the future far enough, therefore we must encourage them to dream of great tomorrows.

The way to respect all the people I love is to eat the music, have it in my blood and bones, and try to explore it in as much different ways as possible to create my own identity.

If you can give your walls history, it supports the action that's happening in front of them.

God guided me to America and gave me a good job. But he also gave me a heart so I would look back.

We protect nature not for nature's sake but for our own sake because it's the infrastructure of our communities.

You're authentic when you're honest.

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.