The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.

I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.

A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding.

A compilation of what outstanding people said or wrote at the age of 20 would make a collection of asinine pronouncements.

No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.

Facts are counterrevolutionary.