The prince of darkness is a gentleman.

There are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don't know it.

Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.

He who has so little knowledge of human natures as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Appearance rules the world.

When civil fury first grew high, and men fell out they knew not why.

The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against our faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by tellings against ourselves.

One of the most pathetic—and dangerous—signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarters, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special...

The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.