“The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.”

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeavours to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last.

An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

Education has for its object the formation of character.

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.

Every cause produces more than one effect.

A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.

All socialism involves slavery.

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.

Today there are opportunities that no one knows if they will come round again in the future.

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.

We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet.

I’m having too much fun today to worry about tomorrow.

If we lose our memory, we destroy our future.

You can’t master your future if you’re still a slave to your past.

Forever continue to love, heal and educate the children. The future shines on them.

Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.