The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.

The world is a comedy to those that think, and a tragedy to those that feel.

In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

In all Chaos there is a Cosmos, In all Disorder a secret Order.

If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.

Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living.

Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.

What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

The generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

When civil fury first grew high, and men fell out they knew not why.

The higher you soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.