Be not careless in your deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

One of the most pathetic—and dangerous—signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, one hundred.

Understanding a question is half an answer.

We know how to speak many falsehoods which resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably gracious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Great wisdom is generous, petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech in cantankerous.

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future, too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to speak.

It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.

Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.

He’s a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue.

A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

Some people’s idea of free speech is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don’t agree with.

Listen with ears of tolerance, see through the eyes of compassion, speak with language of love.

Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think.

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.