Socialism and federalism are necessarily political opposites, because the former demands that centralized concentration of power which the latter by definition denies.

The power of the state is measured by the power that men surrender to it.

A right without an attendant responsibility is as unreal as a sheet of paper which has only one side.

It is a reality attested by all history that if a republic assumes imperial functions it will not remain a republic.

Intelligence plus experience creates ideas, and experimentation with that form of chemistry-the contact of ideas with events-is the field of adult education.

The State, in short, subjects people, whereas Society associates them voluntarily.

DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.

There are three keys for your journey. Humility, wisdom, love. Don’t leave without them - they will enrich you all the way. And they will bless those around you.

When the fight begins within himself a man's worth something.

I didn't think any amount of money was worth something that would take away what you believed in or what you stood for. I didn't want to do something my parents and daughter couldn't be proud of.

Life is just one damned thing after another.

...man can no more survive psychologically in a psychological milieu that does not respond empathetically to him, than he can survive physically in an atmosphere that contains no oxygen.

Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.

America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.

Happy birthday,” she said. “And next time? Eat the stupid cupcake.

"Serenity" is the flavor of meditation.