The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.

The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done.

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva

I'd paralyze anyone who wanted to hurt me.

It is well if the good man himself does not feel his devotions a little clouded, those foggy sensuous steams mingling with and polluting the pure altar surface.

I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.

I know there are certain things that I just can't win.

It's a lot of work to keep reinventing yourself and coming up with new stuff, but that's what it takes to be in show business.

Make changes in your life; don't wear the same roads out, start walking on the new paths!

Being a better songwriter, that's top of the list because I think that is a very intimidating, difficult task. I really admire people that just continue to write and get stronger.

Malcolm Turnbull, more than anyone, changes month to month on a range of issues.

I think the rest of the country should be paying less, the 95 percent that [Barack] Obama talks about or maybe even a little higher than that.