“Some people are married to ideas that they do not love, ideas that do not love them in return. They are married to ideas they do not sleep with, ideas that rob them of their sleep.”

“Most people don't mind being stupid, insomuch that they do not appear stupid; appearance and being are seldom simultaneous, congruent, and conclusive.”

“I mind the unmindful, but I mind my own mind too. Mine your mind, and mine the minds of others. Mind.. you are mine!”

“Sorry is the day, and full of lament, when the young have to guard themselves from being food for the old.I am moved to bewilderment, when I glance my eyes upon a society that kills its young, and ...”

“Beware of fame; for when they come for you, they come not to give, but for to gain.Whoever is needed, wields the most power.Whoever is needy, seeks to wield that power.”

“Too many are sorry where they should be assertive, and nearly moved to aggressive radical action, where they should be apologizing to themselves first, and then the world at large.”

“Fear is a vile thing, and is at the bottom of almost every wrong and hatred of the world.”

“Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause. ”

“Figure out your passion. What floats your boat, rings your bell, lights your tree? A life without passion is possible, but not desirable. Have you really lived at all if you have not lived with pas...”

“I wouldn't worry about it too much, son. Certainly not about the peasants and the servants. They don't feel things as we do.They're human.Barely. They might as well be another species. What would h...”

“Noble blood is an accident of fortune noble actions characterize the great.”

“Be noble in every thought And in every deed!”

“Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so.”

“It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth.”

“When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.”