The usual disease of princes, grasping covetousness, had made them suspicious and quarrelsome neighbors.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

The fundamental Law of The Universe states that all human beings are fundamentally the same and therefore have an equal right to live in equality.

Dear child, some stories have no morals. Sometimes darkness and madness are simply that.

I have to go with Data's makeup, because that was basically every day, 10 months out of the year, for seven years. There were only a couple of days that I had to endure for Dr. Soong.

Sometimes nature guards her secrets with the unbreakable grip of physical law. Sometimes the true nature of reality beckons from just beyond the horizon.

Writing is my number one passion. I've written two novels. I've written a screenplay. I also write short stories and poetry.

Those that have so much power over others as to be able to oppress them have seldom so much over themselves as not to oppress.

When one is painting one does not think.

I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much.

Real contentment must come from within. You and I can not change or control the world around us, but we can change and control the world within us.