God is a word to express, not our ideas, but the want of them.

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.

You can’t go back, Ever. You can’t change the past. It just is. . . . This is our destiny. Not yours.

Mountains clothed in snowRobed in white against blue skiesMirrored in the lake.

There was an end to weeping. Mourning, however, ebbed and surged but never ceased flowing.

The first category is always the man of the present, the second the man of the future. The first preserve the world and people it, the second move the world and lead it to its goal.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.

Our most important decisions are made while we are thinking about something else.

Shadow looked down at the girl on the table. “What happened to her?” he asked. “Poor taste in boyfriends,” said Jacquel. “It’s not always fatal.

Real people move, they bear with them the element of time. It is this fourth dimension of people that I try to capture in a photograph.

I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like.