Intelligence and proper education will give you independence of spirit.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile bodies, but you little think how you starve their immortal souls!

Good-night, my-" He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

God did not give me my life to throw it away.

What you want to ignite in others must first burn inside yourself.

Discipline is more about self-control through your inner strength and less about restriction.

Renewed mind. Revived spirit. Restored strength.

The French know the intrinsic value of holding on to the past, its pleasures, its promises, and its tender mercies.

I'm not really opposed to people changing their minds. I'm much more concerned with people who never change their minds no matter what new information is available.

Evil comes from the ABUSE of free will

Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.

Hatred of injustice is not the same thing as a love for everyday people.

You have to put the idea into action. If you don’t have the motivation and the enthusiasm, your great idea will simply sit on top of your desk or inside your head and go nowhere.

I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

Astonishing! Everything is intelligent!