There is nothing that human imagination can figure brilliant and enviable that human genius and skill do not aspire to realize.

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.

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

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

Let the greatness in you shine by occupying your daily life with decisions and actions that are in favor of your God's given destiny.

We grew up in a place without a hint of love. Perhaps this was the single thing that bound us forever.

I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people involved in the scandal, and those who exploited me afterwards.

I guess there are a lot of people out there that think they're supposed to define themselves in isolation, but that's not necessarily the case.

Once blasphemy again God was the greatest blasphemy; but God died, and thereupon those blasphemers died too.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

To function as an actress, I have to be in love. I have to have that incentive to work.

As time went on, I got envious and wanted to do a lot of stunts myself

Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from the citizens.

I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.