Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

A Godless Mindset Can Be Corrected By Proclamation Of The Raw Truth Of God

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

School is one thing. Education is another. The two don’t always overlap. Whether you’re in school or not, it’s always your job to get yourself an education.

There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.

The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else's back. That's the essence of community.

Fiscal policy is not just, or even not even principally, the purview of the president.

What the world has to eradicate is fear and ignorance.

On the drive we talked easily, but we did make a small detour. After pulling into a rest stop, we made out like teenagers.

That macho protective bullshit is just some asshat man pissing on his territory so the other dogs will stay away.

Thought is powerless, except it make something outside of itself: the thought which conquers the world is not contemplative but active.