Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for ourselves.
For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools.
Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
Desire of power, on earth a vicious weed, Yet, sprung from high, is of celestial seed: In God 'tisglory; and when men aspire, 'Tis but a spark too much of heavenly fire.
Ascetic spirituality is a symptom of the very disease which it intends to cure.
There's a reason why actors are always dying to work with the Coens. They just set the stage for you to do their best work.
Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers.
Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.