Fortuitous circumstances constitute the molds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate.

He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors.

How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity.

Endless sorrow has fallen upon my heart.

Stop trying to explain yourself. People only understand things from their level of perception

For feeling, not events, is to me the essence of history.

...if anyone who speaks up to criticise something obviously evil is punished merely for speaking, civilisation will be in a bad way.

I'm so thankful for the Internet because actors and singers and performers now have a way to connect with their fans on a very personal level which I think is quite special.

It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth.

Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.

We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.

Such a movement would cause the ACLU to go bananas!

A republic - if you can keep it - is about limitation, and for good reason, because we are mortal and our actions are imperfect.

Wait a minute, Juanita. Make up your mind. This Snow Crash thing—is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?" Juanita shrugs. "What's the difference?