Abraham Quotes
As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?
To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.
It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our whole people, beyond any example in the world.
Since my mother is the type that's called schizophrenogenic in the literature-she's the one who makes crazy people, crazy children-I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
By visiting patients in their home, by helping them come to terms with their illness, I could heal when I could not cure.
She died chasing greatness and never saw it each time it was in her hand, so she kept seeking it elsewhere, but never understood the work required to get it or to keep it.
If 'ecstasy' meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me.
People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
Writing is the great invention of the world.
Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)
So long as this country is cursed with slavery, so too will it be cursed with vampires.
We may all deserve hell, but some of us deserve it sooner than others.
God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by--by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don't think God cares what doctrine we embrace.
But humans disappoint. Adam, in tasting the fruit, indicates that he prefers Eve to God, so God banishes them.
Some days some times are remembered by me, in life’s all moments they are cherished by me
Its a mathematical fact that two negatives make a positive so even under adverse circumstances think positively.
There's ways you can trust an enemy you can't always trust a friend. An enemy's never going to betray your trust.
I wonder how one can hate to love and love to hate the same person over a period of time in a relationship
When a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious.
The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole.
That's the funny thing about America--the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others. I've had my share of angels.
One does not have the right to criticize until he can do the same work without being criticized
I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
