The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood.

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that faith has to do with fiction, and reason with fact.

He who sees only what is before his eyes sees the worst part of every view.

The only way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is by encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instill ready-made opinions into his head.

The poet should touch our heart by showing his own

Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.

Chance is a name for our ignorance.

I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave any district without setting foot on its highest peak.

If you wish at once to do nothing and be respectable nowadays, the best pretext is to be at work on some profound study.

Poe is a kind of Hawthorne and delirium tremens.

Once conform once do what others do because they do it and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

Asking questions is an essential part of police investigation. In the ordinary sense a police officer is free to ask a person for identification without implicating the Fourth Amendment.

When I was at college - that was the first time I tried singing. I played in a band, and people seemed to like it.

Are you tired of sand being kicked in your face? I promise you new muscles in days!

If two or more organs of the body are not squirting fluids, the story's no good!

Life is definitely always about expanding. That's how we grow.

Instant Karma is going to get you.

WikiLeaks is a source protection organization. We are famous for never having exposed one of our sources over 10 years. That's why sources trust us and they come to us.

The simple act of commitment is a powerful magnet for help.

Poetry is an act of peace.