There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit
No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.
He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.
Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.
The same bourgeois magic everywhere the mail train sets you down.
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.
Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
There is no 'the truth,' 'a truth'--truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity.
Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.
I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.
Save his own soul he hath no star.
Sometimes the soul takes pictures of things it has wished for, but never seen.
Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment.
Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.
Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.
The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left.
Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body.
Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.
