Democracy means government by the uneducated while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

I enjoy life when things are happening. I don't care if it's good things or bad things. That means you're alive.

The idea of redemption is always good news even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open not closed. So yes my ego is big but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.

Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means work hard. Keep up the good work.

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

To me to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution.

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt however beautiful or joyful they may be or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

The good ended happily and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

By all means marry. If you get a good wife you'll become happy if you get a bad one you'll become a philosopher.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something sometime in your life.

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus that means guns sex lies video tapes but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?

To love someone means to see him as God intended him.

We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.

Heaven means to be one with God.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.

A ring means a commitment. But more than that it means that you've talked about your shared future and have decided together on a shared vision of it.

The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.

To me living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present.