It is only liquid currents of thought that move men and the world.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.

Every man meets his Waterloo at last.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

Don't try to be brave all at once. Take it in steps.

An extreme passion of any human being is to be unique

YOU NEVER NEED TO APOLOGIZEFOR HOW YOU CHOSE TO SURVIVE

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

All I want to do is learn to think like God. All the rest is just details.

I felt as out of place as a left-handed violinist in a crowded string section.

Often, people take herbal medicines for a physical response, but what they find is that the body also responds in an emotional way to the plant medicine that they're taking.

I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time.

I killed you. And you. And you.