There is a courageous wisdom there is also a false reptile prudence the result not of caution but of fear.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more apt he is to attach himself to it.

This moment is as it should be.

Life is the best left hooker I ever saw, although some say it was Charlie White of Chicago

Christianity provided man for the first time with supernatural beings who, he knew, could neither envy nor ridicule him.

And let these altars, wreathed with flowers And piled with fruits, awake again Thanksgivings for the golden hours, The early and the latter rain!

I'm very involved in all of my social media activities. I'm not an actor. I play myself, and I take that very seriously.

As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.

There are few of us, if any, who don't walk the refiner's fire of adversity and despair, sometimes known to others but for many quietly hidden and privately endured.

Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy. Lithe as a bending reed, Loving the storm that sways her

My beloved is mine and I am his.