Great truths always dwell a long time with small minorities, and the real voice of God is often that which rises above the masses, not that which follows them.

It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely the institution which has for its object the support and diffusion of religion from the political government.

Races are very often invented from ignorance, or for evil purposes.

A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.

Quotes are just words, meaning is created by mind.

She was another gift, surely, to us all. She was a happiness that made me cry.

The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.

Women earn less than men because they are women.

I have writing songs on my own for about six years.

Replace the words "have to" with "get to" and watch how the cold rain on your life changes to sunshine.

Bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel.

Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.