No man can suffer too much, and no man can fall too soon, if he suffer or if he fall in defense of the liberties and Constitution of his country.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

The strongest people find the courage and caring to help others, even if they are going through their own storm.

And then we ease him out of that worn-out body with a kiss, and he's gone like a whisper, the easiest breath.

Focus your whole attention on heaven

In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha. Here there is Buddhahood

I close my eyes. And i scream. If my whole world is crashing down around me, then I am going to make the sound of the crashing. I want to scream until all my bones break.

Recording - once something's done, it's done, there's not much you can do about it. It's out there and you just have to pray to the gods.

Physiology has, at last, gained control over the nerves which stimulate the gastric glands and the pancreas.

Gold is a living god and rules in scorn, All earthly things but virtue.

Someone who does not run toward the allure of love walks a road where nothing lives.

There is no such thing as an "atrocity" in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.