Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.
Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool.
Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality.
No society that places the individual above itself will survive; but neither will any society that places the individual below itself.
To that which is born, death is certain; to that which is dead, birth is certain.
Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators and inspire their followers to similar imperfections.