Power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.

Every man meets his Waterloo at last.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

Love, they said, burns youand builds you.But with you, there’s no ash.Just light.

It's happiness to see you.

To God on whom we rely knows what suffering is all about- not merely in the way that God knows everything, but by experience.

All things that are truly great are at first thought impossible.

I find that falling in love is way more fun than just having that instant attraction that you have to maintain for a relationship.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.

Think of life as a voyage. The truest liver of the truest life is like a voyager who, as he sails, is not indifferent to all the beauty of the sea around him.

Love is a lot like dancing; you just surrender to the music.

My primary motivation for writing is to communicate my perceptions and insights into the human condition, in a way that may provide understanding, comfort, and company to others.