“True freedom isn’t limited by partiality or favoritism for one over the other. It’s freedom for all or it isn’t freedom at all.”

“Wisdom isn't bound by wealth brackets, status or caste, religion or pedigree. She feeds all who come to her hungry.”

“To God, without whom I would be but flesh without blood…lungs without breath…a body without life.”

“And those hard slovos, brothers, were like the beginning of my freedom.”

“At first I was exhilarated by my freedom from the responsibility of the kingship. This lasted about seven minutes. I was also depressed by my freedom from marriage, for I had become accustomed to the attentions of a woman. This lasted about nine minutes. Then I was bored.”

“Look, I don't see why bad artists - I mean artists who are obviously incompetent... - why they should be presented hypocritically as good artists just because they're supposed to be advancing the frontiers of freedom of expression or... ...demonstrating that there should be no limit on subject matter.”

“I was very lighthearted. This often the way when the abandonment of personal responsibility is enforced: neither wronged innocence or just guilt can seriously impair the sensation of freedom one has.”