"If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery."

"Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa."

"Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness."

"I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation."

"The stoutest timber is forged in the fiercest gales, not in the sheltered grove — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"In the tapestry of human existence, every trial adds depth to the design. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Now, if you are like me - if you are like practically anybody in America - then you probably hold some negative opinions about the French, based upon movies, rumors, recent headlines, unfortunate run-ins with Parisian waiters, or... you know... all that unpleasantness surrounding the Vichy regime."

"To walk the path of enlightenment means every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."