“As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.”

“Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.”

“People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.”

“Power ought to serve as a check to power.”

“When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.”

“The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”

“What a curious power words have.”

“When man will return to nature, nature will return to him.”

“The sky is an enormous man.”

“When the full-grown poet came,Out spake pleased Nature (the round impassive globe, with all its shows of day and night,) saying, He is mine;But out spake too the Soul of man, proud, jealous and unr...”

“Global betterment is a mental process, not one that requires huge sums of money or a high level of authority. Change has to be psychological.”

“The best boss is the one who bosses the least.”

“But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord.""It might to keep it open.”