The right to vote is a *consequence*, not a primary cause, of a free social system -- and its value depends on the constitutional structure implementing and strictly delimiting the voters' power; unlimited majority rule is an instance of the principle of tyranny.
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Dolendi modus, timendi non item. (To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.)
I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.
A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.