“If then, merely out of regard to population, it were right that paederasts should be burnt alive, monks ought to be roasted alive over a slow fire.”

Bodies are real entities. Surfaces and lines are but fictitious entities. A surface without depth, a line without thickness, was never seen by any man; no; nor can any conception be seriously formed of its existence.

The rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

The quantity of pleasure being equal, push-pin is as good as poetry.

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.

Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.

The rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.

happy life and merciful death

The quantity of pleasure being equal, push-pin is as good as poetry.

The question is not, “Can they reason?” nor, “Can they talk?” but “Can they suffer?

Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, – will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, – or to diminish something of their pains.

Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

Don’t go out dating others just because you feel empty or because you want to feel alive. You do it for the right reason.

You know, right now, the most important thing in my life is to make sure you understand that, first of all, I thank God I’m alive today, and I mean that. You see, I spent too many years of my life thinking that the big party was the whole thing.

Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive.

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s a pretty honorable position to be in.

I could never write my memoirs, just because too many people are still alive and would be hurt.

Your body’s made to run, to walk, to trek long distances and carry things, work in a forest, and hunt animals. You have to keep it alive to function.

It doesn’t matter how many people I’ve killed. What matters is how I get along with the people who are still alive.

I swear that ever since the first day You brought me back to life, The day You became my Friend, I have not slept – And even if You drive me from your door, I swear again that we will never be separated – Because You are alive in my heart