Jesus would never use government surrogates to force the people to help others.

But fame is theirs - and future days On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise; Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead - "These for their country fought and bled."

If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space between is but an hour, The frail duration of a flower.

Tobacco surely was designed To poison, and destroy mankind.

They saw their injured country's woe; The flaming town, the wasted field; Then rushed to meet the insulting foe; They took the spear, - but left the shield.

Red serpents, fiery forms, and yelling hags, Fit company for mad adventurers.

And long shall timorous fancy see The painted chief, and pointed spear, And Reason's self shall bow the knee To shadows and delusions here.

They saw their injured country's woe.

At sea let the British their neighbours defy — The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

I am Jewish, but I love Christmas, as most Jews with any taste do, because Hanukkah is lame.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

Often in winter the end of the day is like the final metaphor in a poem celebrating death: there is no way out.

It enhances our sense of the grand security and serenity of nature to observe the still undisturbed economy and content of the fishes of this century, their happiness a regular fruit of the summer.

The investigation of this problem - How is spontaneous order possible? - is sometimes referred to as the 'Hayek programme'.

Any man who can't control his thoughts can't control his actions, and any man who can't control his actions isn't safe in society.

I'm intrigued that the same letters from the alphabet are used in the word silent and in the word listen. Perhaps it's evidence that the most important part of listening involves remaining silent.

I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.

I'm just kind of a hippie. Age is not that relevant to the music.