It is from the power of taxation being in the hands of those who can throw so great a part of it from their own shoulders, that it has raged without a check.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

I laughed, and cried, and then woke up.

There's no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

To be too busie gets contempt.

Toni Morrison seems to have a lot of faith in people - that's what I mean by gentle power.

I can't believe food costs money.

For black Americans, we know that gun control... sprouts from racist soil - be it after the or during the infamous Dred Scott case where black mans humanity was not recognized.

If we are obsessed by God, nothing else can get into our lives - not concerns, nor tribulation, not worries.

Broken locks and bruised knees and borrowed lipgloss and rain on the streets

One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.