Thomas Hobbes

In geometry, as in all human arts, the end must be known before the means can be determined.

The causes of relaxation are the same as those of motion.

The error lies not in the thing but in the speaker.

To govern is to compel obedience.

The passions of men are the causes of their actions.

Sovereignty is indivisible.

The natural state of man is one of war.

Reasoning is computation.

The soul is immortal in the sense that it is incorporeal.

Ambition and covetousness are passions that arise from the same cause.

The commonwealth is one person.

Fear is the passion to which all others are reducible.

The motion of the mind is called endeavor.

Liberty means freedom from restraint.

The end of obedience is protection.

Man is a machine moved by springs.

The laws of nature oblige in foro interno.

All men naturally strive for power.