I never before knew the full value of trees....What would I not give that the trees planted nearest round the house at Monticello were full grown.

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.

When you are able to create values in yourself or in others then you have won the race.

oh love, doesn’t the fact that the world is so big, laid out like ripe fruitmake you want to stay?

Stay in love.

A famous name has this peculiarity that it becomes gradually smaller especially in natural sciences where each succeeding discovery invariably overshadows what precedes.

It’s so easy to be easy—if you let it.

I've seen people who have been coming to my shows for 25 years.

Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.

I'm not a big prop actor.

The best thing that happened during the filming of Out Cold is that I forged a friendship with Lee Majors that endured for almost 12 weeks.

Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.