If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?

If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.

If you choose not to live self-responsibly, you count on others to make up your default. No one abjures self-responsibility on a desert island.

Geschichte lebt nicht, wenn man ihr keine Heimat im Bewusstsein gibt; sie ist eine Last, die kein freier Mensch zu tragen gezwungen werden kann.

[Wer fällt] fällt für die vor ihm, die obgleich schneller und sicherer im Schritt, den Stein des Anstoßes nicht entfernten.

For all that is ours, we must make conscious attempts to look after and for all that is not ours, we must make conscious attempts to stay aloof.

I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit.

Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.

Slowly, I'm beginning to realise that what happened to me wasn't my fault, that I was taken advantage of by a group of vile, twisted men.

Empowerment is being aware that there is no one to blame for my choices and actions; that I have a personal choice and responsibility for my life.

Completing the circle is both philosophical and tactical - there is a growing sense of mastery that comes with practice, diligence, and experience.

It’s one thing to fall in love. It’s another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.

Authenticity is not a metaphysically distinctive way of being human; it is just a way of taking responsibility for what one has already been given.

Resolution, like responsibility, is a product of ownership, and kids can't resolve a conflict until they figure out how they contributed to it.