There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Rigorously comb through the pages of your life until you can even speak its broken dialects fluently.

You are...beyond my imagination. It's a wonder you can be touched at all.

The backpackers are back on the bandwagon like this was my comeback season back, back in the day

I choose Hosea. Oh, there's no book of the Bible which more beautifully and more painfully demonstrates how very much God loves us.

In recovering from our creative blocks, it is necessary to go gently and slowly... These are baby steps. Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves.

I'd never directed before and this movie's too important to me to put in the hands of some guy who has never directed. Even if it's me

Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience.

There is no final one; revolutions are infinite.