In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.

Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

You know and we know, as practical men that the question of justice arises only between parties equal in strength and that the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.

If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.

God Doesn’t Take Delight in Earthly Sacrifices Without Spiritual Connotation, but He Takes Pleasure in Total Submission

A life of devotion to one's passion gives us meaning to our life.

I wonder what language truck drivers are using now that everyone is using theirs?

It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.

The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness; aggressiveness engenders hostility; hostility engenders fear, a disastrous circle.

It takes a minute to say hello Why? I wonder why When it's seems to take forever When you have to say Goodbye?

I was pretty much prepared because I was already playing in extremely good ways when I arrived from Europe because I played jazz four or five years before I arrived here.

When something is troubling me, people know about it

There is a spiritual obligation, there is a task to be done. It is not, however, something as simple as following a set of somebody else's rules