A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

The greatest victory is defeat.

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

Lenders, including major credit companies as well as payday lenders, have taken over the traditional role of the street-corner loan shark, charging the poor insanely high rates of interest.

Sincere repentance is continual. Believers repent until their dying day. This dropping well is not intermittent.

Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.

When you have real power you don't threaten. People know what your capabilities are.

You will be a happier person if you don't do what you want to do, most of the time

I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.

It is not what you say that matters. It is what you are and how you live.

The confirmed man of trout should resolve to get along with wood ticks. Any other procedure would fail because the wood tick is determined to get along with trout fishermen.

I know that I was conscious of all the aspects of the war, having had cousins who were in the army, who would send me notes and memorabilia. I began to collect things that they would send me.