I don't s'pose anybody on earth likes gingerbread better'n I do-and gets less'n I do.

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Ah sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth and none or almost none for the disenchantments of age.

...a man does not die for business, but for ideals.

I don't talk for the sake of talking. I do become intoxicated with sound. When I open my mouth, it's to say something.

Mostly the loss teaches us only about the value of things.

Jimmy used to drink liquor. Now he's running for president and he drinks Scotch, and I've never trusted a Scotch-drinker.

Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.

Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.

Zen says everything is divine so how can anything be special? All is special. Nothing is non-special so nothing can be special.

I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.