A [psychological] difficulty is not an impossibility.

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.

My demons creep like a pedo in a park full of kids. Each one reminding me of the consequences, what I didn’t do, or did.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace making the best of circumstances.

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.

Teacher, teacher, I declare, I see your purple underwear.

Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.

What you fear reveals where you trust God the least

Does breakfast in bed count as a morning workout?

I have no personal beef with Brandi Chastain. There's nothing personal.

Any particle in this universe can change in relation to any other particle; but take the whole universe as one.

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.