A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Every new day is a divine order.

Jeremias, my soul mate, I will forever love you.

My parents know how passionate I've always been about acting. I convinced them this was something that I was going to put my heart and soul into.

I can be maternal with my friends.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be faster changing and more unpredictable than the present.

It was a gift, something you can't teach. His hands looked like they were born to have a golf club in them.

Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust, Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!

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I never cast a flower away, A gift of one who car'd for me; A flower--a faded flower, But it was done reluctantly.

Happiness just wasn't part of the job description back then. You tried to find a helpmate to keep the cold wind and dogs at bay. Happiness just wasn't part of the equation. Survival was.