Every one that was in distress and every one that was in debt and every one that was discontented gathered themselves unto him and he became a captain over them.

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.

There's never an end for the sea.

Every child has a dream, to pursue the dream is in every child's hand to make it a reality. One's invention is another's tool.

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.

I believe you can only be lucky if you start out beingvery good

When I was young, I thought I was a very smart and learned person.But now, the more I read, the more I learn, the more I think, the humbler I become.

Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

When are you ever settled enough to have kids?

All sadness is a tantrum.

I feel like I gave my son to this country in an illegal and immoral war. I'll never get him back.

Life for the unwell is discontinuous and unpredictable. Things just come out of nowhere. People try but mostly do a lousy job of taking care of you.

So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even one, that's the journey of the warrior. (68)

The single most important condition for literacy learning is the presence of mentors who are joyfully literate people.

There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.