The Lord was pleased to strengthen us, and remove all fear from us, and disposed our hearts to be as useful as possible.

Just learn from your mistakes..and for give yourself..and better yourself:)

I didn't accept it. I received it.

Many of the white people [who] have been instruments in the hands of God for our good, even such as have held us in captivity, are now pleading our cause with earnestness and zeal.

According to ancient mythology, trees link the Earth to the sky. In this respect trees link humans to another world.

Trees are, after all, our largest and oldest living things. They are Australia's natural, national treasures - the true Elders of our vast continent.

If I have a right to a job, education, health care or a house, then I must be able to specify the person or persons who owe me any or all of these things.

The pillars of classical liberalism call for flat taxes, with revenues put to limited uses; strong property rights; and free markets.

The New Deal is inconsistent with the principles of limited government and with the constitutional provisions designed to secure that end.

Feminism is the single most powerful social movement of our time, one that addresses every aspect of human and social life.

The protection of private property does more than promote market efficiency; it enhances the level of human freedom in the most intimate and personal parts of our lives.

Resolution, like responsibility, is a product of ownership, and kids can't resolve a conflict until they figure out how they contributed to it.

you can never say you did something truly right because for every action there is an opposite reaction

You will find liberals always rooting for savages against civilization.

You want success on different levels. I wouldn't be honest if I said I don't look over there in the pop world and say, "Man, that's attractive" - Adele selling 100,000 albums a week. A week.

You know how fussy and particular I am in painting. I am ever removing the paint and repainting the spot until I am completely exhausted.

Critics are the eunuchs of literature. They stand by in envious awe while the whole man and his partner demonstrate the art of living.

I don't think there is a single sentence in this whole book [East of Eden] that does not either develop character, carry on the story or provide necessary background.

Yeah, I mean I am somebody that makes an effort to go and see a lot of exhibitions, painting, drawing, sculpture.

Most of teachers have but one object, viz. to draw their salary. I do not think that a teacher should have no salary. But I think they should earn it first and then think of it.

Somewhere around the place I've got an unfinished short story about Schrodinger's Dog; it was mostly moaning about all the attention the cat was getting.