“It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so univer...” — Jonathan Swift Quote

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind.

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction.

When you're hot, you stride confidently down the street, extending your form to hail a taxi to take you from place to place. My body is designed for squeezing into packed subway cars and apologizing to those whose feet I clumsily step on.

Around the world today we're seeing an incredible transformation, from what I would call a biocidal species, one that - whether we intentionally or unintentionally - have designed our systems to kill life, a lot of the time.

As I observe the resilient nature of my children, I am reminded that we are all designed to survive.

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.