“Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.”

Masked, I advance.

There is nothing more ancient than the truth.

When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect other than the increasing discovery of my own ignorance

All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto ‘to live well you must live unseen’.

Truths are more likely to have been discovered by one man than by nation

I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.

But what then am I? A thing that thinks. What is that? A thing that doubts, understand, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, and that also imagines and senses.

He who hid well, lived well.

One should never judge anything unless it is known

That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.

It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.

But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.

Gold, unlike all other commodities, is a currency…and the major thrust in the demand for gold is not for jewelry.

Nor can private counterparties restrict supplies of gold, another commodity whose derivatives are often traded over-the-counter, where central banks stand ready to lease gold in increasing quantities should the price rise.

1 billion of excess cash flow coverage through 2017 and the Access cash flows, along with our major new fee based projects continue to dramatically reduce exposure to commodity prices.

Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a contract with them and you were almost like a commodity.

I believe everybody is creative, and everybody is talented.

I just don’t think that everybody is disciplined. I think that’s a rare commodity.

Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!

“Global culture” is of course not a culture: it’s the global marketing and imposing of commodities and images for the interests of the few at the expense of the many.