All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. 

Fear is a double-edged weapon: it can force you to do something or prevent you from doing something.

We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Religion is all bunk.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!

Study' was the cry that reverberated in the corridors of my mind. Study to enable yourself to face the arguments advanced by opposition. Study to arm yourself with arguments in favor of your cult. I began to study.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. 

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. 

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

When you make fun of somebody who is hurt, you add insult to their injury!