If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, [then and only then will truth]prevail over fanaticism.

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.

A problem is an answer waiting to be opened

Open your mind to all possibilities and believe!

I don't mind dying, the trouble is you feel so bloody stiff the next day.

If you've got an idea, start today. There's no better time than now to get going.

Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.

I don't think the only place to fight for freedom is in the halls of Congress.

Survival is an art. It requires the dulling of the mind and the senses, and a delicate attunement to waiting, without insisting on precision about just what it is you are waiting for.

Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.

Sacred are the lips from which has issued only truth.

Piety--warm, soft, and passive as the ether round the throne of Grace--is made callous and inactive by kneeling too much.