Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.

The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.

Why destroy this Morn, by a Past that is dead & Gone and a Future not yet Born!

There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.

Live as if you already are what you wish to become.

What comfort there is in the skin of someone you love!

There is never a lost opportunity in business

At our most primitive we are storytellers and dancers.

The climate is doing its usual tricks. There's nothing much really happening yet. We were supposed to be halfway toward a frying world now.

I am vulnerable, starved for kindness. And when I receive it, I lose my mind.

Learn from the greats, and expose yourself to better work.

History is like self-reflection through the medium of language propelling itself into self-recognition.