Hold the period of youth sacred to education, and the period of maturity, when the physical forces begin to flag, equally sacred to ease and agreeable relaxation.

If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second.

Is a man satisfied, merely because he is perfumed himself, to mingle with a malodorous crowd?

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.

No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails.

Equal wealth and equal opportunities of culture have simply made us all members of one class.

Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production.

Looking Backward was written in the belief that the Golden Age lies before us and not behind us.

The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave.

I first saw the light in the city of Boston in the year 1857.

The folly of men not their hard heartedness was the great cause of the world s poverty.

If there are many thorns in your life, it is because you are a rose.

The closest I ever came to a near death experience was living in LA.

I could just felt the twinge of resentment with her being there, where my mother was supposed to be. What right did she have, to replace that place?

I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!

The last great Englishman is low.

When you're experiencing what's happening right now, all of a sudden everything that happened to you in your entire life melts away.

Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.

Playing the ukulele and singing is a fantastic stress reliever. So is cleaning! Scrubbing away at the dirt helps clear my mind as well.

I don't feel pain cause it's all in the mind, And what's mines is mines and yours is mine!

Do that which will make you happiest both now and in the future.