Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

Awake my soul.Awake my spirit.Awake my desires.Awake my light.Awake my mind.Awake my hope.Awake my faith.Awake my love.

Art is a kind of illness.

Today is not yesterday how can our works and thoughts if they are always to be the fittest continue always the same? Change indeed is painful yet ever needful.

A man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.

Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.

I think a dream is just a suggestion to start something out, do something.

I'm a huge Groucho fan. There were some great comic minds that would transfer into any generation, and Groucho is certainly one of them.

You can KNOW something yet FAIL to do it!

We are facing a tipping point of environmental crisis unprecedented in human history and our very survival is dependent on protecting nature.

Enter into children's play and you will find the place where their minds, hearts, and souls meet.