The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of slavery.

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains

The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.

I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

Sometimes those we love break us to bind us whole within the transition.

…the imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.

Magnolia leadership isn't a given. Not forever. You have to earn your spot.

This was her heritage. Her people. So why did she feel so small and weak? So far removed from it?

The accounting of the sacrifice is, more than anything else, the attitude toward war memorials in our time.

Photography doesn't teach you to express your emotions; it teaches you how to see.

We cannot "psychologize" the grace of God. God's actions are outside and above our human sciences.

When you're walking, just walk. When you're eating, just eat. Not in front of the TV, not with the newspaper. It turns out, that's huge.

There are endless treasures of grace waiting for those who will make even the most feeble attempts to pray. The weakest prayers yield grace.

As an artist, you have the job of working out whatever is given you to work out.