The saddest thing about any man is that he be ignorant, and the most exciting thing is that he knows.

I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works.

Ah, what shall I be at fifty, should nature keep me alive, if I find the world so bitter when I am but twenty-five?

For man is man and master of his fate.

One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.

I am a part of all whom I have met.

Science moves, but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point.

The greater the man the greater the courtesy.

It becomes no man to nurse despair, but, in the teeth of clenched antagonisms, to follow up the worthiest till he die.

O hard, when love and duty clash!

I embrace the purpose of God and the doom assigned.

TeachingOne hour's teaching is better than a whole night of prayer.

If you can simply drop yourself from the moment, you can still experience life and with more clarity.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

I feel much better, now that I've given up hope.

Small government is beautiful

I didn't play music, nobody in my family had an instrument or played music, we didn't even have any books at my house. I think about it and I'm like, I don't know how I climbed out of there.

I like the idea of it as a trickster motif. You know like you're kind of just messing around with people's memories of songs.

I don't see how you can give someone who lied to the extent that he did a second chance in the same line of work.

Being nominated is the win. For me, being nominated is winning. It's just unbelievable.

You know what ? Certain people think they will feel good if certain things happen The trick is : you have to feel good for no reason