The first duty of a man is to think for himself

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you.

A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.

I have lived in the monster and I know its insides; and my sling is the sling of David.

The only way to be totally free is through education.

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.