Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

Live healthy NOW, You won't regret it

You can stand in the middle of a street and let the drops fall on you and feel refreshed. It's like God's little sprinkler.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

I have a hunch the most important reason we're going to space is not known now.

I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.

What you are going to be tomorrow, you are becoming today.

it is the nature of stars to cross

I'm more interested in writing about the personal stories of people. Sometimes I don't agree with them.

I wish we could do something useful with tobacco - like making fertilizer out of it.

My people, my people, what can I say; say what I can. I saw it but didn't believe it; I didn't believe what I saw. Are we gonna live together? Together are we gonna live?