The bank hath benefit of interest on all moneys which it creates out of nothing.

When the righteous rule, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Does he [the president] possess the power of making war? That power is exclusively vested in Congress. . . . It is the exclusive province of Congress to change a state of peace into a state of war.

When I learned how to calculate, I stopped counting. When I learned how to smile, I stopped being afraid. When I learned to understand what my cowardice wants from me, I stopped retreating.

Information leads to transformation. If you are not inspired by being informed, you will expire by becoming deformed!

So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me to do.

Take your job seriously, but not yourself

Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence.

Just as it's unfair to review a taco stand for not being a four-star restaurant, I also have to be mindful that not every drama on TV is trying to be "The Wire."

If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy and you have to be connected to a community that is doing what you want to do.

A cardinal principle of the gospel is to prepare for the day of scarcity. Work, industry, frugality are part of the royal order of life.

For me, I haven't succeeded in any way whatsoever.

To accept anything on trust, to preclude critical application and development, is a grievous sin.