The elements of life do not segregate themselves, unless they are human.

We are as connected to each other, as time is to the clock.

Independence is like a flower that nurtures itself in the light of another.

No, but I do read a lot. I love to read. I could read for days and never stop. I use to be such a bookworm. I would barely look up to notice much of anything.

Those who dare try and failure are courageous souls.

That sense of entitlement is precisely where we want them because the right to happiness is directly opposed to one of The Adversary’s greatest curatives —gratitude.

There is nothing like a conflict to do the difficult work for you. It is an underrated remedy, cowardly as we are, but it makes everything so much easier.

If you've got cool nails, you wake up and you're like, 'Oh, I'm happy now.'

No government can exist without taxation. The money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as not to oppress.

I think everything contributes to your creativity.

Floating in a lake, lying in a hammock, playing a bit of Scrabble...that's what I'm in need of.

Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.

I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations.