I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Sometimes it is better to say ‘no’ and lose your job than it is to say ‘yes’ and lose your soul.

The Christian church is a society of sinners. It is the only society in the world membership in which is based upon the single qualification that the candidate shall be unworthy of membership.

When I'm with you, I don't breathe quite right.

The second stage of meditation begins when you can successfully stop thought for long periods of time. At this point you move beyond the awareness of this world.

I just need to rest, that’s all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a little.

We can decide to let our trials crush us, or we can convert them to new forces of good.

All that is happening in art is part of a process of exploration and discovery. I hope to live for a few more years so that I can catch glimpses of the oncoming future.

If you put someone on screen long enough, they become the hero.

I succeeded in using my charms like a weapon; I learned to play with other's hearts and to master my own desires.

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.