Dispositions of the mind, like limbs of the body, acquire strength by exercise.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?

Just like the poles of a magnet, some people are drawn to death and others are repulsed by it, but we all have to deal with it.

I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present, and future.

Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.

Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been particularly inclined to abstain from animal food

The individual attention and care that I personally experienced and witnessed given to other players totally blew me away.

All of the good movies are based on how that story was told. And you cannot do it with a bad script, that's for sure, no matter who.

Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.

Enlightenment is lightening up.

You could fire a machine gun randomly through the pages of Lord of the Rings and never hit any women.