What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of the individuals.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism

Programmed in self-hatred, many of us shadow-box the light of day away and chase everything meaningless the night through until we perish more ignorant and confused than the very day we were born.

In the eyes of Buddha, there are no evil people, only people who don't yet have light in their hearts.

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?

I think everything that happens in life we're prepared for in ways we really don't really know.

Look at the piano. You'll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you'll be able to make whatever kind of music you want.

We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up.

Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.

If the novel is dying, I see no chance that dismembering it will revive it.

The trail of the human serpent is thus over everything.