Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.

It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today.

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.

Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience.

Manliness means perfect manhood, as womanliness implies perfect womanhood. Manliness is the character of a man as he ought to be, as he was meant to be.

I can do small things in a great way.

The atheist has no hope.

Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have been born out of the religion of Nature.

The bravest of individuals is the one who obeys his or her conscience.

People with responsibility and people without responsibility are sorry for each other.

Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and the virtuous.

When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught.

Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life.

When friends asked me, Can we help? I'd say, Not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest or teleport me off this rock. I used that line from Star Wars.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

When the rich [and politically powerful] make war, it's the poor [and politically weak] who die.

I attempt to connect with my muse and go on demon rides.

Democracy feeds on argument, on the discussion as to the right way forward. This is the reason why respecting the opinion of others belongs to democracy.

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