The human soul finds its saddest imprisonment when it is helpless in the presence of cruelty, when it cannot right a wrong. It finds its highest freedom when it can secure justice to others.

The grandchildren of the kids who used to weep because the Little Match Girl froze to death now feel cheated if she isn't slugged, raped and thrown into a Bessemer converter.

You have typewriters, presses. And a huge audience. How about raising hell?

The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride

I am the third Jenkin Jones to preach that liberal interpretation of Christianity generally known as Unitarianism.

My father was a prosperous hatter-farmer - making hats for the local markets during the winter months, tilling his little ten-acre farm during the summer time.

Duty is a better guide than stars or statutes.

Seek the underlying harmonies of love and the overarching rainbow of hope, rather than the surface distinctions of creeds and of sects. Work for peace in religion.

Introduced to this world in Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, Wales, November 14, 1843, I celebrated my first anniversary by landing at Castle Garden, in New York City.

Your happiness depends on people around you and people you love, but peace of mind you alone can cultivate. Never loose your peace of mind even when unhappy.

There is more to living than not dying, " he said. "Look at the way you live, Will. You burn as bright as a star.

Keep we to the broad truths before us; duty here; knowledge comes alone in the Hereafter.

Our purpose in this life is to gain the view of ourselves; otherwise, we are total slaves to others who psychically drain us, abuse us.

At all times and in all fields the explanation by fire is a rich explanation.

To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgment of others.

If I was a criminal, stationery stores and bakeries would be the two kinds of places I would concentrate on.

There's nothing routine about 'Boardwalk Empire.' It's like being in some secret society where they call you up and tell you where to go: 'Meet us at the corner of such and so.'

Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it.

I see you got a crew cut...and the crew never came back!